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Chapter 23 Chekhov's Gun (asking for monthly ticket)
thump!
The figure in the yellow protective suit finally fell down.

The revolver in Park Hong's hand turned into a wisp of black smoke and dissipated. He staggered and his face showed fatigue.

This shot was quite exhausting for him.

With heavy steps, he approached the body and prepared to bend down to search it.

But the outstretched hand stopped in mid-air.

Park Hong was stunned.

"This is……"

A hint of azure blue was reflected in his scarlet vertical pupils.

Behind the young man who fell face down, his protective suit was pierced by a pitch-black bullet... but underneath, there was a layer of shiny blue lens that firmly blocked the bullet.

The black bullet was still spinning hard, but it could not penetrate into the hole, and only created a spider-web-like crack.

"This guy isn't dead?!"

Pu Hong sniffed the faint scent of blueberries, and a chill ran down his spine. His keen intuition, honed from years spent on the edge of a knife, gave him a frantic warning.

He subconsciously dodged backwards.

But one hand was faster than him!

Snapped!
The crouching young man suddenly reached out and grabbed his ankle. His copper-and-iron hand clamped tightly around it and pulled hard.

Bang!
Park Hong fell flat on his back.

The figure in the protective suit turned over and pressed on him again.

A quick glance through the glass mask.

Park Hong's eyes widened.

What a face he saw!

The young and handsome face was pale, and even though blood was flowing from his mouth and nose, his black eyes remained astonishingly calm and composed.

He's waiting for me to get closer...

I……

Is that the prey? !
Park Hong couldn't believe that as a member of the "Ghost Grid" and a high-risk fugitive with blood on his hands, he would one day become a prey!
"Ah!!" His face was distorted and he roared.

A life-threatening force erupted from his body, and black smoke surged.

But this time, the young man on top of him remained unmoved. The two men rolled on the ground, but the other person remained tightly wrapped around him like a yellow anaconda.

Wang Xi was thrown behind Park Hong. He took the opportunity to clamp the other's waist with his legs, put one arm around the other's neck, put his elbow close to his chin, and grabbed his wrist with the other hand to form a firm lock.

Then pull up hard!

Naked choke!

Park Hong's scarlet vertical pupils no longer showed contempt, but instead revealed panic.

He knows very well how passive he will be after being caught in a naked choke!
But when Park Hong wanted to take out the dagger to fight back, he felt weak and powerless... He had just used the "Guaranteed Hit Gun" and it consumed too much energy.

“Uh uh uh!!”

His whole face turned red and purple, and his eyes rolled back.

The kicking and struggling legs became slower and slower, weaker and weaker, until they stopped moving completely.

Wang Xi felt the limpness of his opponent in the naked chokehold, but he was not careless at all.

Until Caius's prompt popped up——

"The target has been killed!"

"Should we capture Park Hong's abilities?"

'Yes! '

Wang Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he also released his hands.

He lifted up Park Hong's body and it rolled to the side.

A green light flashed from his body and then disappeared into Wang Xi's eyebrows.

"Park Hong" card has been added to the independent card pool

Wang Xi ignored the prompt.

He gasped and climbed up from the ground. He opened his clenched fist and saw a wild card with a blue border lying there.

——"Covenant Stone"

This is the prop card that Chunai gave him to save his life.

If the rear-naked choke fails in the end, he will use this trump card without hesitation.

Fortunately...

In the end, he won.

Wang Xi put away the "Covenant Prayer Stone", then endured the severe pain all over his body and began to search Park Hong's body.

Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, just like walking in brocade at night.

Killing someone without touching the corpse is like the sound of a sword in the air.

Soon, Wang Xi pulled out several wild cards. Within seconds, several more cards emerged from the corpse's surface, floating in mid-air!
It seems that the permanent card separated from the body on its own after the "host" died and returned to the card form.

It was the first time that Wang Xi had seen such a scene.

There was a flash of surprise in his eyes.

He quickly took inventory.

Two "Solomon Military Laser Pistol V-Type (Equipment Card)", white three-star quality.

Four "Solomon Universal Gun Batteries (Equipment Cards)", white one-star quality.

A "Shadow-like (Skill Card)" of green two-star quality.

A "Listen to the Heartbeat (Skill Card)", green two-star quality.

Several skill cards such as "Catwalk", "Breathhold", "Dagger Mastery", "Kuk'in Assassination" and so on are all universal cards with white one to three stars.

Wang Xi's eyes were almost dazzled.

There was also a pitch-black wild card that seemed to be able to swallow up the sight, which particularly attracted his attention.

"Chekhov's Gun (Unknown Card)"

"Quality: Black 1-star (unique/unclassifiable/upgradable)"

"A great writer once proposed a narrative principle: If a gun appears in the first act, it must fire later in the story... Now, the gun has been materialized by some force, and it must hit its target to complete its mission."

"After using it, you will hold it and will hit the target when you shoot. Each use will consume a large amount of energy (including but not limited to physical strength, and the power of the shot is affected by the amount of energy)."

Chekhov's Gun?
Uniqueness?
An unclassifiable black unknown card?!
Wang Xi looked shocked.

He didn't know what card this was, but he knew it was incredibly powerful! Just now, the "Black Mamba" had pulled out this gun and fired a sure-shot, nearly killing Wang Xi.

If the opponent had only consumed physical strength, the black bullets fired would not be enough to penetrate the double protection of protective clothing and sugar coating after being dissipated by the crowbar, and the final outcome would still be unknown!

'This card will improve as your strength increases!'

Wang Xi realized this immediately.

There was a frenzy in his eyes.

He becomes stronger when facing a strong opponent and is a natural fighter.

A tug and a pull, miracle worker.

"Bring it to you!"

Wang Xi quickly put "Chekhov's Gun" into his trouser pocket, and then turned his attention to the other cards.

It was at this moment that he suddenly calmed down.

No!

You can’t take these!
The fire of greed in my heart slowly extinguished under the influence of reason.

Unlike Chekhov's Gun, this is definitely Black Mamba's trump card, unknown to the public. But the rest of the cards are probably hot potatoes, untouchable...

"I've called the police, and the Sheriff's Department is probably coming soon. 'Black Mamba' is a high-risk wanted criminal, so it's impossible for him to not have any cards on him. If they take these cards, I'll be incriminating myself."

Wang Xi’s mind was in turmoil.

He was originally a victim, but he committed no crime when he attacked and killed a wanted criminal. He might even be rewarded.

But if you are too greedy, it will backfire.

Innocent became guilty!

beep-

At this time, shrill sirens were heard in the distance.

Wang Xi suppressed his greed, his eyes swept across the various cards, and finally gritted his teeth.

Can't take means not taking all...

Wang Xi took out a "Solomon Military Laser Pistol V-Type" and took away two "Solomon Universal Firearms Batteries".

Other than that, nothing moved.

He chose these two cards because they are not unique in quantity. Black Mamba should be using them as backups in case of emergency.

Now this provides Wang Xi with a loophole to exploit.

This way it would be less likely to arouse suspicion.

After putting the cards away, he felt his strength rapidly draining away, and his whole body shrank like a deflated ball.

thump!
Wang Xi fell to the ground.

Not long after.

In his blurry vision, three or four blue hovercraft police cars drove into the abandoned factory. A group of uniformed police officers, fully armed with laser pistols, guarded the surroundings.

Several police officers quickly arrived near Wang Xi.

"Target found!"

"There's a survivor! Wearing a yellow protective suit with Cupid Housekeeping! Visually, there are injuries on the legs and chest!"

"The team doctor will provide rescue as soon as possible!"

Wang Xi only heard a man's voice shouting, followed by hurried footsteps.

He felt his body being lifted up and his protective suit being pulled open. Then he felt a sharp pain in his arm, as if he had been pricked by two needles.

A cool feeling came over me, and my originally tired spirit dissipated a lot.

When he opened his eyes, the blurry things came into focus again.

Only then did he realize that there were three or four medical personnel in white uniforms surrounding him, who were treating his wounds urgently.

Not far away, the body of "Black Mamba" Park Hong lay quietly on the ground, guarded and cordoned off by several police officers. A tall figure in a turtleneck windbreaker, leading the charge, half-crouched, examining the body while placing the cards into a sealed file bag.

Looking at the back, Wang Xi always felt that it looked familiar.

Soon the man stood up, turned around and walked towards him.

This is a mature woman with a royal look, big wavy purple hair and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on her high nose bridge.

Behind the lenses were a pair of calm amber eyes, which were now looking at Wang Xi with a scrutinizing gaze.

"It's the woman who got on the bus with Chuuya this morning..."

Wang Xi suddenly realized where the sense of familiarity came from.

"Can you still talk?"

The purple-haired woman spoke coldly.

Wang Xi nodded and said in a hoarse voice:
"can."

"I'm Yu Zizi, the Chief Inspector of the Gucheng Public Security Bureau." The woman nodded and introduced herself. "Could you answer a few questions for me?"

"can."

"Did you call the police?"

"Yes."

"Very good." The woman nodded. "According to the data retrieval, you should be an intern at Cupid Housekeeping, Mr. Wang Xi."

"I want to know why you are here, and why you met the highly wanted criminal 'Black Mamba' Park Hong..."

Wang Xi took a deep breath and calmly recounted the entire incident: from returning to work overtime at the company, to being assigned to deliver materials, to the car's navigation error that landed him here and the Black Mamba's attack.

After hearing this, Police Inspector Yu frowned slightly.

She looked at Wang Xi carefully and said softly:

"Any evidence or witnesses?"

Originally, she just asked casually, wondering in her mind how an ordinary trainee scavenger could kill a high-risk wanted criminal.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xi nodded.

"Have!"

Immediately, under Yu Zizi's slightly surprised gaze, Wang Xi took out his mobile phone, operated it, and handed it over.

"This recording is evidence."

Yu Zizi took the phone and listened attentively.

The more she listened, the deeper her eyes became.

Before the recording was finished, she gestured to her side and said coldly:
"Notify the Shuguang District Public Security Bureau branch to immediately arrest Lin Zhifeng, the deputy director of Cupid's housekeeping and cleaning department!"

(End of this chapter)