February 17, 2101.
When I opened my eyes, I saw a white ceiling and the smell of disinfectant in the air.
The five senses of the body gradually recovered, and I could feel the presence of an infusion tube on my left arm. Then I felt a sting on the left half of my face. There was a faint pain from under the left eye socket to the chin.
Zhi Xia wanted to reach out and "touch", but the sound of the electronic door opening was heard at this moment. He lowered his head and saw two people in HL military uniforms walking in. One is in his fifties, with gray hair on his temples. Even from a distance, the scars on his face are very obvious, like a knife and an axe. The other looks very young, with blue hair that I don’t know if it was dyed, but he is wearing a military uniform. The level represented is quite high.
"Hey, Officer Lott Ness." Tea Fairy spoke first: "Or... Paper Man, right?"
Paper Man did not answer the question, but asked himself: "Where is this place? Where is the Blood Owl?"
The man next to Tea Fairy was the mentor Faro said, one of the top masters at HL Europe Headquarters, Jason Luca, who served as the ability user instructor at the headquarters. At this time, he threatened with the unique tone of an officer: " Officer Ness, I want to remind you that the Venice incident is still under investigation, your position has not been clear yet, and you are not qualified to ask questions."
Unexpectedly, Zhi Xia didn't bother to pay attention to him. He climbed up from the hospital bed and tore off all the instruments attached to his body: "In a few days, I will hand over a report to... anyone, I'm not interested in your administrative procedures. ." He found his clothes and pants in the closet in the corner of the room. They had all been washed and ironed, and his belongings were placed in a basket on the table.
"You have been in a coma for nearly five days, and the instrument only showed signs of recovery twenty minutes ago. I think your current physical condition is not suitable for hunting down a wanted criminal at risk level four." Chaxian said calmly. .
Paper Man still ignored him. He quickly put on his clothes, turned around and said, "Where are my shoes?"
Luca was already a little angry. He said in a cold tone: "Officer Ness, if you refuse a friendly conversation, I will have to arrange a formal interrogation process."
"I'll try if you can stop me." Zhixia walked out of the house barefoot.
The tea fairy sighed: "Mr. Luca."
"My subordinate is here."
"Try not to hurt him, thank you."
"Yes, sir."
After a brief conversation between the two, Luka instantly came to Paper Man's back like a shadow. Paper Man's vision did not capture the opponent's movement at all, so to him, Luka just disappeared on the spot. .
Before he could react, his hands were already handcuffed behind his back. The material of the handcuffs was unknown. Paper Man struggled to break free several times, but to no avail.
"I advise you not to do this action, otherwise it would be too ugly to have your feet handcuffed by me." Luka was now in front of Paper Man again.
A second before he spoke, Paper Man was about to do a roundhouse kick, but before he could move his hips, the opponent had already changed his standing position and saw through his intention.
Upon seeing this, Paper Man knew that he could not compete with the opponent in this environment without too much paper, so he gave up the resistance with force and said: "What you are interested in is nothing more than the death of the nobles. I All we can say is that Colonel Malone did everything. He hired..."
"Hired Silver Shadow's killer to imitate the Blood Owl's killing techniques, and attempted to kill you and Lieutenant Colonel Faro during the battle. The ultimate target is the throne of the Doge of Venice." Tea Fairy interrupted Paper Man's words : "In the past few days when you were in coma, the truth has come to light, at least within HL..." What he meant was that the people and some nobles were still looking at this incident in a fog.
Luca also said: "The blood owl you are talking about is Chef Chilios, the biggest suspect in San Marco's 'Bloody Midnight' ten years ago. The madman killed Jim in an alley. Ma Long tore them into pieces, and then chased the Silver Shadow killers throughout the city. None of the dead people were whole corpses. In the end, he captured three people alive and sent them to the door of our second branch." Listening to Luka's gritted tone, the blood owl's behavior seemed to be that he was taking a shit in front of the HL organization.
"Haha... Hahaha..." Zhixia laughed, and he obviously understood the meaning. Ma Long was the branch chief of HL, but he collaborated with Silver Shadow and others to kill nobles and fight for power; but Blood Owl did what a law enforcer should do, albeit in an extremely horrific and cruel way...
Luka saw Paper Man laughing and was about to get angry when the Tea Fairy reached out and stopped him: "Officer Ness, you're just smiling bitterly."
Paper Man's face instantly darkened: "These are the things I should have done. As a policeman, I am worse than a murderer. I even managed to save my life under his hands... Weak people don't even have the right to choose how to die." nothing."
Tea Fairy saw his expression was different and said: "Officer Ness, I hope you won't use personal hatred..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Paper Man roared: "What happened to the left side of my face?!" he suddenly asked.
The two people in front of him fell silent.
"Hmph... Hehehe... I have seen it from your eyes..." Paper Man said: "This is probably why there are no mirrors or anything like that in the house."
Tea Fairy decided to change the topic: "Officer Ness, you are the only one we have who survived the fight with the blood owl. You are the key to catching him. I hope you can cooperate with us. .”
Paper Man tore off the artificial skin on his left face, and saw that there was no complete piece of skin on the left side of his nose, starting from his left eye socket and extending to his chin, about one-third of his face. His flesh and blood were mottled, he had no lips, and his teeth and gums were all exposed. The reason why he could speak normally without feeling severe pain just now was all thanks to the superb medical technology these days.
Paper Man also knows this technique. Plastic surgery departments in ordinary hospitals also use this method to treat patients with severe burns. This part of his face will never heal, and the pain will gradually disappear after a while. One layer is made of artificial cells, which can replace skin and will quickly adapt to conditions exposed to the air. As for the outer layer of artificial skin, it is purely for aesthetics. It doesn't matter if you have it or not. Even if it is torn off, it can still be maintained. The flesh and bones are exposed and will not be infected.
Paper Man's pathology report floated up from the side of the hospital bed, and layers of paper covered half of his face. At first glance, it looked like a mummy's bandages. The papers fit together with the face and looked like a mummy. A large blank space is embedded in the face puzzle. It's like a paper face wrapped in human skin, but part of the paper is exposed.
"What's your name?" Zhi Xia looked at Tea Fairy and asked.
Luka said: "Officer, pay attention to your wording."
The Tea Fairy didn't mind: "Krauser Wittstock."
"Oh, the seventh prince who doesn't want to stay well in the palace, but wants to hang out in HL." It seems that Paper Man has heard of his name: "Is he the Tea Fairy?"
A smile appeared on the tea fairy's lips: "The blood owl is one of the prey that I am very interested in. Officer Ness, no... Paper Man, I need to use your power for this hunt."
Zhi Xia said: "I can't ask for it."
"Then, follow me and use this new look to wash away your humiliation."
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