"Actually, it was my own fault. My parents disappeared when I was very young, but a few days ago I thought I found a briefcase they had hidden in the wall at home. Inside was a photo of my dad and Dong Changhe."
Under Xia Xu's guidance, Pan Long was silent for a moment, and finally told the truth: "At first I didn't know that he was the chairman of Yunfan Group. Later, I found out the identity of the person in the photo and was about to go to his house to inquire, but I saw in the news that Dong Changhe was dead..."
"Where's the briefcase you mentioned? Can you show it to me?"
Xia Xu frowned slightly.
"Of course you can, but there's nothing else in the bag except that photo."
Pan Long stood up hesitantly, took out an orange briefcase from a corner of the warehouse and handed it to Xia Xu.
Xia Xu took the bag and checked it. It was exactly as Pan Long said. There was nothing else inside except a photo, and there was no hidden compartment or anything like that.
At present, there is no new update in Pan Long’s fate profile, so even though he knows that this briefcase may be a key prop to advance the plot, he has no idea for the time being.
However, everyone has their own expertise. He is not good at intelligence, but he has several people under him who are good at it.
"Let's go to my company."
Xia Xu stood up and asked Pan Long to take the briefcase and follow him.
"Are you going to Xinghai Venture Capital?"
Pan Long asked curiously.
He had heard this name before when he was at Huichuang Hi-Tech, and also saw the Xinghai Venture Capital employees who came later, dressed in suits and looking like social elites. Therefore, he was very curious about this company that was said to be founded by Xia Xu.
“No, it’s another company.”
Xia Xu shook his head.
They spent a little too long at Huichuang Hi-Tech, and he had asked He Qing to go back first, so the two of them and the dog had to call a taxi after leaving the warehouse.
There was no conversation along the way, and soon the taxi stopped at the door of the consulting company.
"boss!"
"Hey, boss, is there finally a mission? What's the special event this time?"
"I already said that we were trying to catch high-tech criminals. Yesterday, I, the Ghost, personally assisted the boss in sneaking into Nanya Hospital and obtained the information."
When we arrived at the consulting company, He Qing, Yang Bowen and Meng Bochao, who had called in advance on the way to inform us, were already waiting in the store.
Of course, Tang Youxin was there too, but with so many people present, she was too embarrassed to say hello to Xia Xu. She just glanced at him shyly and then stood obediently aside as if she were invisible.
However, Xia Xu would not let him have his way. He nodded slightly to Yang Bowen and the others, and walked directly to Xiao Baihua, frowning: "Investigator Tang, what's wrong with you? Everyone else greeted me and took the initiative to ask about the mission, but why are you not active at all? Do you want to be lazy and not work?"
"Ah? I..."
The little white flower, who had been a little evasive when seeing Xia Xu approaching, was stunned when he heard this.
"What do you mean by 'I'? Don't forget that you are now an official investigator of the company. If you dare not work hard, I will deduct your salary."
Xia Xu continued to look fierce.
"I didn't mean to be lazy."
The little white flower raised its head weakly.
"Then correct your attitude and call me boss first."
A smile appeared in Xia Xu's eyes.
"boss."
Although there was a smile in Xia Xu's eyes, Xiao Tang's attitude on this matter was indeed very correct. Upon hearing this, he obediently called him boss.
This actually made Xia Xu, who wanted to bully her, lose his sense of accomplishment. He smiled slightly, and then continued to nod slightly in a pretentious tone: "Not bad, that's the attitude. Next, I will announce a task. Remember to perform well. There will be a bonus if you complete it well."
Things are different now. He has indeed promoted Tang Youxin to a full-time employee of the consulting company, and paid her the same salary as Yang Bowen and others.
He knew Tang Youxin's character very well. No matter how good their relationship was in private, at least in the current situation she probably wouldn't want to be treated differently in the company. Before she could truly fulfill her role, she would probably have doubts about this salary.
Therefore, Xia Xu's words were both a joke and a way to comfort Xiao Baihua and express his attitude.
The effect of this move was outstanding. After this little episode, Tang Youxin's sense of alienation in such occasions disappeared without a trace.
Then Xia Xu introduced Duan Zhiyi to Yang Bowen and others.
"Duan Zhiyi's armed drones are extremely destructive. Seven or eight police officers were killed in an attack yesterday alone. If I hadn't gone there at night, there would have been more casualties.
And there will definitely be another attack like this, so I hope you can all use your strengths to find Duan Zhiyi's hiding place as soon as possible."
After recounting yesterday's events, Xia Xu looked serious.
Finding Duan Zhiyi is not only for the sake of brain control technology, but also to stop him from committing further crimes.
Supporting characters in the plot and passers-by who serve as background characters have no human rights. Even in comedies there are plots specifically arranged for the death of supporting characters.
If things had continued to develop according to the original plot of "The Thrower", I'm afraid who knows how many police officers and ordinary people would have died during this period.
These people might not even be considered supporting roles in a movie, but just background characters like passers-by. But now this is not a movie, but reality, and they are also living people.
They also have their own families and their own lives, it just so happens that the trajectory of their fate intersects with the plot of the thrower. The so-called plot is actually more like a "coincidence".
At least all the plots he has encountered so far have followed normal developments, even if we don't consider them from the perspective of film and television.
The reason why he knew clearly that these were "plots" was entirely because the plot names on the attribute panel gave him a preconceived idea, and he also had a relatively comprehensive grasp of the entire context of the incident.
If it were someone else, even if they looked at the entire development of the incident, they probably wouldn't associate it with a plot script or something like that.
Many film and television plots are actually ordinary things that happen all the time in the world.
Even though superpowers, mutants, and black technology may be out of touch with reality on Earth, this is reality on the Aquamarine Planet, where undercurrents have long been surging.
Everything has a traceable origin and happens all the time.
Therefore, although he knew from the attribute panel that this was a 'plot', he never really regarded it as a movie or TV series.
After all, these people around him are real people. Can he treat Xiao Baihua as a movie character? Can he treat Uncle Luo and the others as virtual characters
The answer is naturally no.
He is a sentimental person. Even though he has the ability to check favorability at any time, he rarely uses it on people he is really familiar with, such as Uncle Luo and Tang Youxin. In fact, it is because he does not want to treat them as NPCs and tools for utilitarian purposes.
Similarly, he couldn't use the characters in the plot to convince himself to understand the sacrifices in the plot.
Although he had no interest in being a superhero, he couldn't just sit back and watch what was happening before his eyes.
There is really nothing the police officers could do about the people they were unable to save yesterday, but at least we should try our best to prevent those who will be prevented from happening in the future.
Anyway, this does not conflict with his purpose. He needs to find Duan Zhiyi as soon as possible.
As for the special department, they are a formal official organization. The public security system must have conveyed the information directly long ago. There is no need for them to lag behind to the point where they need an outsider like him to report. They will leave when it is time to leave. If they can't come now, it will be useless even if he calls them Uncle Luo.
In fact, Duan Zhiyi’s drone was only exposed yesterday. It is possible that the special department has already been involved, but they just didn’t notify him.
After all, he is not even a non-staff member, and the special department is not a crappy organization that needs to ask for help for everything. It is impossible for them to look for him every time there is a problem. The last incident in Decheng was not only because the beastman himself was special, but also because Uncle Luo deliberately promoted him. To put it bluntly, he was essentially using the backdoor to gild him.