The people who hired me are dead

Meryl covered her mouth as a boy calling 911 not far away was shot dead.Meryl suppressed her screams, her fingers firmly grasping the lawn below her.

The blood from the dead body dripped down her face and slowly trickled down to her mouth.Unable to control it, Meryl let out a cry of grief.

A terrorist came over and kicked Meryl's body away.The muzzle of his gun lifted Meryl's chin, and the mask covered all his expressions, not even his eyebrows.

He reached out to Meryl with his gloved hand, and Meryl handed over her mobile phone in a daze.

The man turned the voice changer on his clothes and said to the phone: "Hi sir, nice to meet you..."

"Who are you, what's wrong with Meryl." Yun Xinzhuo asked in a deep voice listening to the mechanical voice on the phone.

"We are a team, Mr. Do you want to hear it?" The man said and waved his hand, and his companion immediately threw a grenade/bomb, hitting the entrance of the teaching building.

The corpses blocking the entrance were blown away in an instant, and several students who were set on fire struggled and rolled on the ground, but the fire on their bodies burned more and more intensely.No one put out the fire and rescued them. The only thing that dripped on them was blood and broken flesh that fell from the sky.

The heart-piercing cry for help came out of the phone, almost piercing Yun Xinzhuo's ears, and his hand holding the phone trembled slightly.Reid frowned tightly, and stretched out his hand to support Yun Xinzhuo's body which was drenched in cold sweat.

Yun Xinzhuo held Reid's hand, calmed down and took a deep breath and said, "What do you want, sir, what is your purpose."

"We want Mr. Mayor Balk to send an apology video, that's all." The man said: "I sent him a letter, but he didn't reply me. I want to see this video online before the election is over, otherwise I will launch a second terror/attack."

"What video do you want." Yun Xinzhuo tried to delay the time, and the nearby police and Swart had already acted.

"I know your plan sir, you want me to be here, but I have no intention of leaving today." The man looked back at his three companions getting into the car.

He continued: "We are a team. They are me. The body may die, but the soul will never dissipate. And all you have to do is tell our dear Mr. That apology video went viral in America."

"Wait, why do you think he apologized." Yun Xinzhuo said.

"Oh... Let me think about it, he once killed two poor people, he should pay for it, and everyone else too." After finishing speaking, the man threw the phone to Meryl, and then shot her with the butt of the gun faint.

The sound of sirens on the street is getting closer, and the man raises his gun.He took a fainted female student as a hostage, and waited quietly to confront the police.

...............................

By the time Yun Xinzhuo and BAU, who had received the mission, rushed over from Quantico, the local police had basically dealt with the matter.

"1633 students, 347 people were evacuated to the playground. 102 people died in the terrorist attack on the playground, and 40 people were seriously injured. There were 5 terrorists/children in total. The attack was front and rear. People inside ran out, people outside You want to go in again. You should understand what will happen." The sheriff received BAU, he took a deep breath, and said heavily:

"42 people died in the stampede and 375 were injured. Some of the people who survived have been diagnosed with different degrees of mental illness. Believe me, this is the worst attack I have ever seen."

"When we arrived, the terrorists were evacuating. The last two left committed suicide after injuring several police officers." He paused, looked up at Hu Qi in front of him, and continued: "School shooting And terror/attacks happen all the time, especially now in the midst of a mayoral election. It's our fault that we didn't catch the attackers in time to stop them from happening."

This is an old sheriff, he is sitting upright with his back straight.The wrinkles on his face were squeezed together because of anger, his nose was slightly open, and his breathing became heavier and heavier, as if he wanted to tear the terrorists into pieces with his own hands.

"This is a brutal massacre. You haven't seen the surveillance footage yet. The two people in the teaching building drove the unarmed students outside like a flock of sheep, and the outside is also hell."

The sheriff took out his own gun and patted it on the table. He took a deep breath and said, "I'm ashamed of this city. This happened when I was about to disarm and return to the field. I failed to protect this land, Director Hu Qi. I would give my own life in exchange for them."

"I'm sorry." Hu Qi reassured: "It's not your fault."

The sheriff lowered his head. There was still a list of victims on the table in front of him, and a piece of paper was densely filled with names.

"I apply for your assistance, and I hope you can help us find the cause of the attack and find out the remaining three attackers as soon as possible." The sheriff handed the handover document to Hu Qi, and he stood up and held Hu Qi's hand Seriously said: "The people in this police station can temporarily obey your command. I have no other requirements. I only hope that they will be punished as they should."

"We're going to do our best," Hooch said.

"No, not trying my best, Supervisor Hu Qi." The sheriff stared at Hu Qi with eyes filled with hatred, and he said in a low voice: "Look at this list, sir, we must complete it."

A year later, when Yun Xinzhuo saw Meryl again, the little girl was unbelievably thin.

She curled up on the hospital bed with a dull expression, her right hand was bandaged.

"Officer Yun, long time no see." Meryl's brother put his arms around their mother and said to Yun Xinzhuo who was standing at the door: "Last time in Coronado, thank you for protecting Meryl."

"My duty." Yun Xinzhuo said, carrying the lunch box, "How is her injury?"

"Actually, sir, apart from the wound she scratched herself, she didn't suffer any other injuries. She has been vomiting since she was sent to the hospital yesterday." Meryl's brother sighed and said, "I can't go on like this, She called your name when she woke up, and I think maybe your persuasion will have some effect."

Yun Xinzhuo nodded, Meryl's father left with the others after recognizing Yun Xinzhuo.In the entire ward, only Meryl, who was motionless, and Yun Xinzhuo, who was still mentally stable after taking the medicine, were left.

"Meryl, how are you feeling now?" Yun Xinzhuo put down the lunch box, sat down beside the bed and said gently.

Meryl was stunned for two seconds before answering Yun Xinzhuo's words. She turned her head to look at Yun Xinzhuo, and said softly, "I pressed the fire alarm with my right hand."

As she spoke, she raised her bandaged arm and said, "Why should I be brave? I pressed the button, sir. I pressed it...I sent them to the gun. It was me, Officer Yun, I Hundreds of people were killed."

"You should know that there was also an attack in the teaching building. Whether you did it or not, the ending is already fixed." Yun Xinzhuo shook Meryl's cold hand and said: "It's not your fault, you don't need to blame yourself. "

"I know this, I know it all. Elvis told me to calm down, he said it was death trying to destroy us mentally." Meryl said with her head down: "He is also suffering, he is in another ward .He blamed himself more than I did because he was the one who saw in the prophetic dream that the playground was safe."

Yun Xinzhuo didn't know what to say, he gently hugged Meryl, patted her on the back and comforted her silently.

"But I want to say that the Grim Reaper succeeded. Both Ivis and I guessed that the Grim Reaper would reduce the number of survivors, but none of us thought it would end like this. What should I do? If I was found out, I would press the fire alarm We found out that Ivis and I were the ones who evacuated the students to the playground, so how should we face those parents..." Meryl choked up and said, "I feel like the bullet left a hole in my heart, but I I would rather it hit me, at least death is a relief. Officer Yun, I have lived a very hard life."

Yun Xinzhuo understood Meryl's psychology. When he was on the Tennessee bus, he made a mistake in judgment and caused a survivor to be seriously injured.

Guilt weighed on my heart, and burdens weighed on my body.Yun Xinzhuo knows that feelings can be suffocating, even if no one really blames him.

"I'm very worried that someone will blame me. I dare not go out." Meryl said tremblingly while grabbing Yun Xinzhuo's clothes, "I'm afraid that the families of the victims will find me."

"My experience tells me that no one will do this." Yun Xinzhuo reassured: "We will solve this matter."

"What if the cops thought I was with them, I mean, I sent the other guys to the playground and I was alive." Meryl asked, "Avis would go into a coma and I'd be Unharmed."

Before Yun Xinzhuo had time to reply to Meryl, he suddenly felt that the sunny ward was dark for a moment.

He raised his head and looked around the ward vigilantly. Meryl was frightened by his solemn expression, and she asked nervously, "Officer Yun? Did something happen?"

"Did you feel that the room was dark just now?" Yun Xinzhuo skillfully pulled out Meryl's infusion tube, sat beside her and protected her with his body.He unloads his pistol/gun to avoid accidents.

"No, maybe the clouds covered the sun?" Meryl said hesitantly, she subconsciously shrank into Yun Xinzhuo's arms, trying to seek shelter from this strong adult man.

"What's wrong, Meryl." Yun Xinzhuo took out his mobile phone and wanted to call Reid.

This is an ordinary single ward, and Meryl only needs to stay here for a while to observe before leaving.

The room had a floor-to-ceiling window, half covered by the curtains.

After Reid received the call, he rushed over immediately.He grabbed his satchel and looked up at the air conditioner and vents on the wall.After squatting on the ground to check the hospital bed, he walked around the room twice.

"There is no designed death condition here." Reid said affirmatively: "At least there is no possibility that it can be formed at present. Apart from the infusion bottle, there are no other problems."

"But I just felt that the room was dark." Yun Xinzhuo turned his head and said, "It's like something suddenly covered the sun. I don't think it's a cloud. Because I saw it during the last few attacks. shadow."