【Liai】Horizon

LAUSA2013.8.24

Allen had just washed up when the phone rang in the room.His mind was still on the question that Petra had asked not long ago, looking at the guest room phone that did not have a caller ID, he connected it without thinking.

"Hello?"

"Excuse me, is that Alan Yeager?"

"Ah, I am."

"This is the front desk of the hotel. There is a message for you. Please go to the B2 underground parking lot. Miss Han Ji is waiting for you there."

"Huh? Okay, I see, thank you."

At eight o'clock, Allen looked outside, and it was another sunny day.Allen took off the room card and put it in the shoulder bag. After thinking about it, he went back to the room and stuffed the pistol Levi gave him into the mezzanine of the shoulder bag.Looking around the room, he felt that he had nothing to bring, so he took a bottle of mineral water, closed the door and walked out.

The carpet in the hotel is vermilion, looking at the large expanse of red, the boy suddenly felt dizzy for no reason.There was a blurry figure printed on the elevator wall, he shook his head, trying to avoid this strange... premonition?

At this point, no one else went downstairs. Allen stood alone in the elevator, pressed the button of B2, and the door began to close gradually.In the gradually narrowing line of sight, a person suddenly appeared.

"Mr. Levi?"

Allen watched Levi turn around, but walked away from him.

The elevator doors closed and slowly sank.

Allen's fingertips were still on the door open key.

Well, forget it.

The boy fell into darkness. There are no lights on the B2 floor, and the power failure warning light is flashing red.Allen hesitated for a moment, but walked out of the elevator door.Within five seconds, someone suddenly covered his mouth and nose from behind.

The ether smell has gradually disappeared, and the body is quickly paralyzed.After being put into the back seat of the car, the sound of the heavy door closing was indistinct, and all senses were reduced to zero.

Consciousness was still struggling in the chaotic mind, he suddenly remembered Petra's words, and suddenly understood some emotion that he hadn't discovered yet.You don’t know it unless you’re in a desperate situation, you don’t know it until you see him turn around:

He didn't want him to leave his side, even for a second...

"Where do you think he will go?"

"I don't know either. Allen didn't tell me where he was going."

"Why is the phone turned off..."

"Maybe I didn't bring it in the room to charge it or something?"

"Why didn't you charge last night?"

"...you can ask the captain."

"Levi went to discuss business with Erwin early in the morning, isn't he asking for a draw now..."

Han Ji straddled the chair, dangling fries in his mouth, while Petra sat on the side and tapped the mouse.The two of them feebly engaged in meaningless questions and answers.Hanji has been asking Petra and answering, and the center of the question is Alan Yeager.That's right, the young man who was very energetic the day before is now suspected of leaving without saying goodbye.

Han Ji knocked on Alan's door after nine o'clock, wanting to ask him to have breakfast together, but no one responded.She thought that the boy hadn't woken up yet, so she started knocking on the door of the room even harder.It turned out that the one who responded to her was the cleaning staff on this floor who was attracted by the knock on the door.

The simple black woman slowly appeared at the end of the corridor pushing the cleaning trolley. "Excuse me, are you looking for the brown-haired young man in this room?"

"Oh, yes."

"He went out about an hour ago and I happened to see him."

"Huh?! Thank you."

This is a very strange thing. Allen, who has always been very polite, should not do such a worrying thing.After thinking about it, Hanji still called Levi.

"Hello? Levi, by the way, the weather is nice today."

"What are you doing again, just tell me."

"Tsk, I didn't do anything! Alan didn't tell us when he went out, isn't it a bit strange?"

The person on the other side of the receiver obviously paused, and Han Ji shuddered suddenly.

"I'll be right back."

Han Ji didn't expect that Alan would be cheated under their noses, but afterwards she also felt that the calm in the eyes of the typhoon was the real illusion that made people careless.It was past ten o'clock when I saw Levi again, and he drove back just in time for the rush hour in the city center.She and Petra were directly invited to the monitoring room of the hotel by the hotel staff, and everyone's expressions suddenly sank.

Countless black and white screens are mounted on the entire wall, various people walk by, and cameras record everywhere in the corridor from various angles.Levi was standing aside with a cold face, and Hanji saw the video that had been called up on a desktop computer.

At [-]:[-], the boy walked out of the room. He seemed to have forgotten something, went back to the room, and then came out again and closed the door.

Then there was the elevator room. The boy only brought a shoulder bag.He walked into the elevator, but there was no one in the elevator.Just when the elevator door he was in was about to close, the elevator door on the other side opened and a man came out.

"What a coincidence?" Hanji muttered, seeing Levi on the screen who should have just come up from breakfast, he walked straight to the other side of the corridor.

The elevator the boy was in was still sinking, and the only thing that was changing in the video was the floor sign on the elevator door, which slowly jumped to 1.Then, the numbers keep moving.

He didn't come down from the first floor? !

The numbers eventually stopped at B2.

Just as Han Ji wanted to ask something, the staff next to him added: "There was something wrong with the hotel's power system this morning. The entire floor of the B2 parking lot was powered off at nearly eight o'clock. It was already 08:30 when the system was repaired in time and the power was restored. It's 2. So the monitoring equipment on the B[-] floor didn't work properly for half an hour."

The staff pressed the hat, he seemed a little afraid of Levi.I don't know if Levi has lost his temper before. "In addition, there is an incoming call record in this guest's room just before eight o'clock."

"Is there a recording?"

"Sorry, the call not from the front desk of the hotel involves privacy and there is no recording."

Hanji's face can also be described as ugly, but Levi didn't say anything, he came over and asked Petra in a low voice, "How many people are in Los Angeles?"

Petra swiped her mobile phone interface, and it took a long time to spit out, "Except for the transfer due to New York's trading plan this month, there are only 4 now."

Levi loosens his neckline, then pulls off his tie, wrapping it around in a seemingly unhurried manner.Hanji knew that was a sign that he was really angry.

"Go to the police station."

Saying that Levi is a person who takes everything in black and white is probably best reflected in this kind of thing.Erwin's young Luke is a very influential police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department, which makes it easier for them to do things.The man will definitely use the note to solve the gangster's affairs unscrupulously, and he will do it without leaking - he has that ability, but this time, Hanji can see that Levi is a little bit out of control.

He should have greeted Erwin, and they walked directly to the inner office of the police station.In the small conference room, Erwin and Luke stand by the shutters.It seems to be the characteristic of these men, no one asks about their health or says more nonsense.Luke nodded to Levi to say hello, and got straight to the point.

"What are you going to do?"

"Wait."

Levi answered bluntly.He pulled up a chair and sat down directly, took out his phone and threw it on the table.

So everyone understood what Levi meant, Luke and Erwin whispered a few words and went out.Han Ji was poking a ballpoint pen on the table, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

"Why not do GPS positioning?"

After asking, she wanted to bite her own tongue.When Allen's mobile phone was turned off, the person who made the rounds of the hotel also said that there was no mobile phone in the room.Besides... old Miller is very insidious, he is not that stupid.

Surely all we can do is wait?

Han Ji poked the ballpoint pen violently, and put the pen back under Levi's eyes.She took the opportunity to organize her thoughts.

Allen answered a call in the morning, and the other party most likely pretended to be the customer service staff at the front desk of the hotel with a message, and then called him to the parking lot.Obviously, it was Miller's people who took him away. The kidnapping rather than the direct killing meant that he wanted him to be alive.Ninety percent of this use is related to drawing out Levi.

Therefore, since there is a threat, the other party will definitely contact Levi actively, and at the same time, Alan is safe for the time being.

Thinking of this, Han Ji was slightly relieved.

This is from the sun to the sunset.The process of waiting kills people's hearts, especially in this kind of thing, it is definitely pushing people's emotions to a bad extreme.

At [-]:[-], Levi's phone finally vibrated.

Call from, Alan Yeager.

Levi has never once found the name so garish.

The well-trained police officers were still working very fast. The computer was connected to the mobile phone, and Levi clicked on the call and opened it to the public.

"Hey?"

It was very quiet on the other end of the phone, and then there was an inaudible chuckle.

"Levi, how are you doing?"

Old Miller's voice was a little hoarse, but it was full of his old and cunning taste.The rising tone of voice indicated that he was in a good mood, which made Hanji want to drive a drill down his throat.

"..."

"Don't just keep talking, your pretty kid just said a lot."

The man said: "What do you want?"

"Hehe, Levi, I want your life."

Levi snorted, "It's not that simple, I killed more than one of your sons."

The police officers who had worked for Levi in ​​the police station didn't look very good. Although they had seen Levi's skills many times, their first reaction was that they should not provoke the kidnapper.

"Oh. You should have tracked down my current location." Old Miller said sullenly.

Levi glances at the laptop next to him. On the screen is a satellite image of Los Angeles, with a red dot blinking in the southern suburbs.

"how."

"You come here alone, let's have a good chat, otherwise this brat..."

"What right do you have to threaten me?"

Levi cuts him off, and the conversation breaks out in a cold sweat, as they both manage to piss each other off.

Old Miller laughed, "Don't say you don't care about this brat."

Hanji gestured to Levi to calm him down, and Erwin came over and held her arm.Just as Levi was about to say something, Miller spoke slowly again.

"The pistol with the silver stamp on the handle, Wings of Liberty, is your father's relic. If this kid is not important, why is this gun in his hand?"

"If you don't show up tonight, I'll kill him. Besides, you should be at the police station now. Poor boy, have you started relying on the note? If you don't show up tonight, starting tomorrow, the city of Los Angeles will die." Innocent people here."

At that moment, everyone's expression was stunned. In the small conference room, panic would spread, so everyone tried their best to restrain themselves.I don't know who took the lead to stand up and open the door of the room.Making phone calls, deploying police forces, and doing target positioning, the brain and body are operating efficiently to deal with the threat of anti-social elements,

Five minutes later there are only two people left sitting quietly, Levi and Hanji.Levi didn't speak, just stared at the closed dialogue window, Hanji propped his chin with both hands, and glanced at Levi from the corner of his eye.

"How?" she asked.

Levi didn't say anything, Hanji felt that there should already be a plan in his mind, it should be.

The wall lamp above the head has the same brightness as the incandescent lamp used in the interrogation of suspects in the old days, and the gray-toned wall cabinets around it are indeed the rigorous and somewhat depressing style of the police station.A national flag and a police badge are stuck in the small pen holder as far as the eye can see. There are also a few pens scattered on the table, unimportant documents, and untouched tea.

Hanji sighed, walked to the window, and opened the blinds.

The night in Los Angeles is just getting started.

In the police car parked downstairs, the voice of the walkie-talkie still rang from time to time.Two police officers stood under the street lamp smoking, and the empty cigarette packs were randomly thrown on the trash can.A small flying insect flew into the lampshade of the street lamp, and disappeared with a squeak.When Han Ji came back to his senses, there was an extra cigarette in the ashtray that was just ignited and then pinched out.

Levi wasn't there anymore.

"Levi—" Erwin opened the door suddenly, and was taken aback when he saw Hanji standing alone by the window.

She shrugged at him, "What's wrong?"

"I was going to ask him if he saw my car keys on Luke's desk with a transmitter. But maybe I don't need to ask now."

Levi drove a black Land Rover across the Sunset Boulevard, and when the light at dusk was at its strongest, there was a decisive aura coated on the car body.It has nothing to do with him, either the grotesque outside the car window or the drunken city night.There is always such a moment, Levi returned to the isolated silence, he thought of the words of the old Ukrainian man who seemed to be bewildered, and remembered that now happened to be the time of encountering demons in Japanese legends.

"You're putting yourself in danger."

"The bloody weather is different from what it was thousands of years ago."

"The person you are looking for... is by your side."

around?

His co-pilot seemed to be the same young boy holding a schoolbag.

He has a stubbornness that refuses to admit defeat, and he has beautiful green eyes.

His specialty is some baguettes, and he cleans carefully.

His grades are not bad, and the friends around him dote on him very much.

He would, peeking at himself in the rearview mirror.

He has always been sensible and cautious, but more often than not he is satisfied with a little sign of his own happiness.

He almost died last time.

Don't think that you don't know his little thoughts, he actually doesn't like to be protected.

His favorite view is the horizon at sunrise.

Ah, I still owe him two unanswered questions.

One is, "Mr. Levi, what's your favorite view?"

This is not important.

The other is - "Mr. Levi... We, did we know each other in a previous life?"

This life is more important.

Some questions don't need to be answered, maybe I have already answered them in my previous life.Levi drove south, and the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles' bustling streets were far away.There was very little traffic on the driveway to the south suburbs, he stepped on the accelerator abruptly, and the car immediately accelerated forward, the wind was mixed with the roar of the engine.

The phone kept vibrating in his pocket, Levi took it out and took a look, the call was from Erwin.He glanced at the battery level of the phone, then muted the phone and connected it, and put the phone back in his pocket in silence.

When the sky was almost completely dark, he drove to the No. [-] highway on the outskirts of the city.Eagle-like eyes scanned the surroundings, and when he saw a gray chemical plant complex, he turned the steering wheel sharply to the right and rushed over the guardrail.The wheels and the turf rubbed violently and flipped, and the car rushed along the sloping lawn onto the somewhat uneven concrete road.

He drove up to the red truck in the middle of the warehouse cluster.After getting out of the car, he leaned against the car door and lit a cigarette.This picture is a bit like a video tape in the late 90s, with red high heels, wet asphalt road, and high-quality emeralds, it is suitable for a hero to save the beauty.

How about some romance, kid.