48 Hours a Day

Chapter 994: Deduction

Feng Zi had been drowning in fear on the rooftop for a long time. After the series of gunshots, she didn’t know who won or lost.

Until Zhang Heng’s voice came from downstairs.

“Okay. You can come down now.”

Feng Zi poked her head out cautiously after she heard what Zhang Heng said. When she looked down, she saw Zhang Heng and the baseball-capped boy lying on the ground beside him, not knowing whether he was alive or dead. Only then did she confirm that the battle was over. She then breathed a sigh of relief from the top of the building and ran to Zhang Heng.

After that, Zhang Heng picked up the boy’s torso.

“Didn’t you say you walk around the factory carrying heavy objects?”

“Yes. Why ask?”

“Help me carry his lower half.”

“What are you going to do?”

Although Feng Zi was puzzled, she still did what Zhang Heng told her, lifting the boy’s lower half. Since the latter was comatose, Zhang Heng and Feng Zi lifted him effortlessly.

“His accomplice might come over anytime soon. We have to leave this place quickly,” Zhang Heng said. He then picked up the stun gun he had dropped on the ground and put it in his backpack.

“Wait, we are taking him with us? Didn’t he just try to kill us earlier? So why not just kill him here?” Feng Zi asked while helping Zhang Heng to move the boy.

“He’ll be of use to us if we keep him alive.”

That was why Zhang Heng had assembled a stun gun using the Infinite Building Block instead of a sniper. If Zhang Heng used a sniper rifle to fight, the battle would have ended long ago, regardless of whether the enemy had an assisted aiming device or not.

“He can be useful?”

“Well, if all goes well, I have to get in touch with the people who rely on him. Let’s go and find a car first. Then, after we put him in the trunk, we will go to your factory to get your stuff.”

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The moment Zhang Heng and Feng Zi left the school, another figure came from outside. Looking like a rugby player, the man didn’t step into the school right away because he had tried to contact the boy half a minute ago. The boy, however, had failed to answer his call. At the same time, the school was eerily quiet, making him more and more anxious.

The rugby player finally chose to stay at the school gate. Two minutes later, another taxi stopped in front of him, and a man in a suit came out. The latter slammed the door and rushed to the rugby player.

“What’s the situation now?” he asked after a nod.

“Lost contact with No.9, and there’s no movement inside the school. I suspect No.9 has been killed by the enemy,” the rugby player announced solemnly.

“Who the hell is that guy?! Is he really that powerful? He killed two of us, one after another.”

A look of surprise appeared on the face of the man in the suit. The emergency response team rarely suffered casualties since its establishment, let alone the loss of two members in a single operation.

The rugby player was a little unhappy.

“The captain explicitly warned No.9, telling him to wait for us before making any moves.”

“His worries were not without reason. This school has two gates. If he just keeps an eye on one, the target might escape through another door. I heard that the guy’s ability for disguise is exemplary,” the man in the suit bemoaned. “No.9 is not stupid either. Since he knows his opponent is an excellent swordsman and assassin, I’m sure he’ll be well-equipped before dealing with such an enemy. Isn’t he carrying the new military device? When it comes to the gun, no one is a better marksman than him.”

While the man in the suit talked, he had already drawn his gun. The rugby player, too, drew his weapon. After knowing what happened to No.6 and No.9, they became extremely wary when entering the school.

It took them a full half-hour to search the entire school, including the balcony and playground. After they confirmed that no one besides them, they stopped in front of the flower bed where the baseball-capped boy once hid; after they took a look at it, the man in a suit received a call from the captain.

The latter answered the phone and reported, “No.7, and I have reached the place and completed the preliminary investigation. Looking at the traces that we found at the scene, No.9 was fighting with our target.”

The man in the suit hesitated when he said that.

“Spill it,” the captain on the other end of the phone asked.

“I don’t know if it’s appropriate to say what I want to say. Strictly speaking, we only found traces of No.9 firing his gun here. From the rooftop to the first floor, his opponent did not seem to have fired any shots. He was hiding most of the time. No.9 did most of the shooting at the entrance of the first floor. We suspect that they fought there. However, something is not right.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“The latest set of footprints are found on the south side of the teaching building.”

The captain on the other end of the phone said casually, “This is not surprising. The target has been hiding on the south side of the teaching building. He might have used his companion or something as bait to make No. 9 to shoot at the stairway. After that, he came out from the south side of the teaching building and killed No. 9. After all, No. 9 relied on his assisted aiming device too much.”

Although the emergency response team captain did not come to the scene, he came up with his deduction based on the information provided by the man in the suit. After hearing it all, the man in the suit and the rugby player came to a realization.

The man in the suit continued, “No blood was found on the first floor. I don’t think he used the woman named Feng Zi to bait him. No.9’s position was quite a distance from the south side. Even if he was misled once, he should be able to react before the enemy attacked him. So, it seems that there can only be one explanation. The opponent used a non-lethal, long-range weapon against him. If this is the case, we won’t know whether the enemy’s marksmanship is good or bad.”

“His marksmanship is remarkable,” the captain who had been listening said. “There is no doubt about this. A poor marksman wouldn’t have figured how to use the assisted aiming device fight No.9.”

The captain’s explanation shocked the man in the suit and the rugby player.

“Doesn’t this mean that the target’s swordsmanship, assassination skills, disguise ability, and marksmanship are excellent as well? Who is he? A veteran that defected from the emergency response team?”

“Not that guy.” The captain went silent for a moment, not seeming to have any intention to explain more. He then paused and said, “You guys should come back first. Don’t go after him for the time being to avoid meaningless casualties. No.3 and No.4 have blocked the station, and they are monitoring it. He can’t escape. Let’s kill all the other couriers first. After that, we will deal with him together.”