Li Ji sat on a chair, his body as stiff as wood, but his eyes moved quickly, observing the situation around him.
On his left was Chen, on his right was Mrs. Lao, and sitting opposite him was Jian Jing.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered that Jian Jing came late for dinner today, and Kang Mucheng was originally sitting opposite him.
But I insisted on changing seats and complained to him: "The view over there is not good, I want to change with you."
At that time, Li Ji thought it was just the little girl's pretentiousness, but now... he glanced down and saw the pitch-black muzzle of a gun.
"Put your hands up." Jian Jing ordered, but her own hands remained under the table, pointed steadily at his abdomen, "Answer my question."
Li Ji smiled and slowly put his hands on the table: "You said he was the murderer, do you have any evidence?"
"Give your camera and infrared sight a chance to react to the smoke, and everything will become clear." Jian Jing said, with a hint of anticipation, "Do you want to try it?"
“I’ve played with guns before, so this shouldn’t be possible…” Li Ji said slowly, but his body made completely opposite movements.
He suddenly pulled out the tablecloth from the table, swept all the plates away, blocked his view, and at the same time grabbed Mrs. Lao beside him and pointed the fruit knife at her carotid artery.
"Don't move, or I'll kill you..."
Before he could finish the classic hijacking lines, Jian Jing shot him in the arm.
What terms are we talking about
Aim well and you'll never miss. Just rush in and you'll be done.
Blood spurted out, all splashing onto Mrs. Lao's face. But he was also agile enough to roll on the ground and escape from the opponent's control neatly.
Chen rushed forward and twisted his arm.
Jian Jing said, "If you move again, I will open your mouth wherever the professor opened it."
As we all know, most people aim at the torso when shooting, and even if they shoot at a short distance, the chance of hitting other places is very low.
But in just a short moment, he hit his arm accurately without hurting Mrs. Lao. His marksmanship was definitely no joke.
Li Ji did not want to challenge the sharpshooter's accuracy.
He slowly raised his hands: "OK, I surrender."
Jian Jing: "Why kill the professor?"
"He's getting in the way of others." Li Ji and Professor Lao had no personal grudges and were very happy to admit it. "Because of the existence of this observatory, several hunts have failed. The boss is very angry. There's nothing we can do. Everyone wants to be together, so we have to ask him to die."
Fina was so angry that she wanted to rush over and punch him: "You poachers, you will die a miserable death."
Li Ji was indifferent: "People die for money, birds die for food, whatever you say."
Jian Jing pursed her lips, suppressed her anger, and continued: "Why did you follow him that night?"
"I want to see if I can get number 21."
Chen Yu: "Did you steal the information about No. 18?"
Li Ji nodded indifferently: "Originally, after getting rid of the professor, we were going to prepare to hunt No. 18. A big boss paid a deposit of 1 million and was waiting to take action."
Now, everyone frowned tightly.
"I'm going to kill you, damn it." Fina grabbed the fruit knife on the table, rushed over and stabbed him.
But Jian Jing stopped him and said, "Don't do this, it's not worth it."
"You don't know, this country is rotten to the core. Even if someone like him goes to jail, he won't be sentenced to death. Maybe his boss can get him out right away." Fina stared at him, gritting her teeth.
Li Ji smiled and did not deny it.
Jian Jing hesitated for a moment, but did not let go: "It's not worth breaking the law for him."
Fina was about to say something, but Mrs. Lao came over and put her arm around her shoulders: "We can appeal to the government to increase the punishment, but you can't..." She whispered, "You can't kill people."
Only then did Fina let go dejectedly and sat back in her chair silently.
Jian Jing was tired: "Let's tie him up and hand him over to the police. Are they here yet?"
"It will be soon." Chen was uncertain.
"Tie him up and lock him up first." Jian Jing said, "Mr. Li, I'm warning you, I will watch you personally tonight. If you run away, I will not be polite."
Li Ji shrugged and did not resist.
He was locked in the toilet with his hands and feet tied behind his back to the water pipe. Standing at the door was a knight who was on duty for the first time. His ears perked up and he would look towards him at the slightest noise.
Li Ji remained calm and waited patiently.
There were constant noises outside, the sound of dragging chairs, talking, pouring water... He lay on the ground, observing the situation through the gap at the bottom of the door.
I waited until almost one in the morning, and a man came over and said, "Are you hungry? Come and have something to eat."
"Hungry." The young girl he feared dragged out her tone, like a spoiled child, "I didn't eat much for dinner. Fast food noodles are really disgusting."
"Sandwich?" asked the man who had a close relationship with her.
said: "No."
He asked, "Biscuits?"
"Is instant noodles not okay?" she asked pitifully.
He said, “Then wait a minute.”
After five or six minutes, the aroma of instant noodles wafted over.
Li Ji heard the footsteps of the man going away, and he must have gone to the restaurant outside to eat.
He couldn't help but snicker: there was only an aisle between the bathroom and the restaurant, so he must have thought he couldn't escape.
Totally wrong.
A small blade appeared from between Li Ji's fingers, which cut the rope. Then he suddenly rushed out, and at the moment the dog was startled, he pulled down the shower curtain and caught the dog on the head.
After all, the knight was not a professionally trained police dog. After his body was wrapped by the rain curtain, he suddenly lost his attack direction and could only bark wildly.
Li Ji seized the opportunity, immediately opened the bathroom window, and escaped through the narrow window.
There were hurried footsteps behind me.
Someone is catching up.
Li Ji rolled over, but instead of escaping into the woods, he crawled into the mezzanine floor under the wooden house. Southeast Asia is hot and humid, and most buildings have mezzanines underneath. He crawled forward and crawled out from another direction.
"boom."
After running a few steps, an obstacle appeared at the corner. Chen chased after him with a gun.
Li Ji ran away.
The night was dark and the terrain in the forest was complicated. It was not very fast to use a flashlight to search for someone at the same time. If he could escape this wave of pursuit, it would be much easier to get away.
"Bang", another sound, from the left rear, accompanied by the barking of a dog.
You can't go against a woman named Jian.
Li Ji ran to the front right without hesitation.
Like Chen, he also grew up in the forest and was used to running in the jungle. However, he was not willing to protect this pristine jungle like Chen did.
What's so good about this remote place? He's tired of it.
Li Ji yearned for the city, for prosperity, for a lot of money, for standing out, and for being respected by others, but these were things that the forest could not give him.
So, he became a guide, specifically catering to those wealthy people who were looking for excitement and wanted to satisfy their addiction to conquering the jungle.
Li Ji fulfilled their wishes, and in return he could get a large sum of money. One transaction could outweigh Chen's ten years of boring work.
The footsteps followed closely, like a ghost.
Li Ji was struggling to determine the direction.
He was not familiar with this area, after all, it was within the range of the observation station. If he invaded rashly, he would easily be discovered by the old hunter. He could only rely on the information he had previously gathered to make his judgment.
The east is the territory of monkeys, who love to play tricks on people, so you can't go there. The south has crocodiles and many water systems, so it's very dangerous, so you can only go north.
It's also close to point 5, so our companions should be coming to support us soon.
Slowly, the footsteps disappeared and it seemed that the tracker had been shaken off.
Li Ji lowered his voice cautiously and did not dare to speak loudly, still trying to leave as soon as possible.
After another half an hour, my strength ran out.
He had to stop and rest.
There was a big tree with lush branches and leaves in front of him. He decided to climb up to take a rest, which would also make it convenient for him to hide himself and observe the terrain.
After a quick observation of the environment, Li Ji started to climb the tree.
This was something he had been used to doing since he was a child. He could climb to a height of more than one meter in a few steps, but suddenly, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up and goose bumps appeared.
He shuddered involuntarily, and a huge sense of crisis rose in his heart.
His experience of living in the jungle told him that something was wrong.
He missed something.
Something... something that could kill him.
Go down quickly.
The brain gives the orders.
Li Ji let go in a panic, his body fell heavily to the ground, his head covered in mud. But he didn't care about much else, he turned around and wanted to run away, but it was too late.
There was a sharp pain in the thigh and a fishy smell came from behind the neck.
He turned his head tremblingly and saw a pair of phosphorescent eyes.
Then, a small round head emerged from the darkness, with yellow hair, black spots, and a mouth lined with whiskers.
leopard.
The top predator in the jungle.
Yes, Li Ji suddenly remembered that Chen had said before that there seemed to be a South China leopard wandering nearby.
The whereabouts of No. 21 were forged by the professor, and the escape of the criminals was fabricated by him. It's ridiculous. The murder conspiracy was all fake, only the leopard feces was real.
Despair rose in my heart.
The next moment, the pain of torn flesh spread throughout his body, and Li Ji cried out in pain: "Ah!!"
He wanted to struggle, but how could a mere human resist the leopard's agility and strength
The leopard tore at his body.
It hurts, it hurts so much. Li Ji howled, struggled, and collapsed. In the extreme fear, his brain was completely unable to think.
At this moment, it's too late to regret.
The police will listen to your excuses and the judge may take your repentance into consideration, but what do wild animals know
All they have in mind is the prey to kill.
I don't know how much time passed, but a few shadows appeared in my field of vision.
"Help!" Li Ji pleaded with his dying breath.
Chen didn't say anything, nor did Fina. They looked at each other hesitantly with their guns in hand, and actually backed away slowly. It wasn't that they didn't want to save him. No matter how much they hated Li Ji, it was impossible for a normal person to sit and watch him get bitten to death.
However, they were carrying real guns and no □□.
Is it to save this scumbag, kill protected animals, is it... "Jane." Fina mouthed to Jane Jing, obviously wavering, "What should I do?"
Jian Jing looked hesitant.
Of course I didn't bring any cheats, but... well, the system always provides cheats when the time is right.
[System: Limited pool has been opened, do you want to draw a card?]
Yes, of course.
[Limited card draw]
[Extraction completed]
[Name: Status Card·Goodness of Animals]
[Content description: You caught a criminal who specialized in hunting wild animals, thus preventing more animals from dying tragically. You received their sincere gratitude, and your favorability increased significantly.]
[Note: When you need it, try calling them, maybe you can get help]
Jian Jing: Let’s go.
Is this all right?
He was confused and slowly put down the gun in his hand.
The leopard's paw pads were pressing down on its prey, its canine teeth were covered in scarlet flesh, its barbed tongue was curled up, and its eyes were staring at it curiously.
Jian Jing squatted down and called out in a very uncertain voice: "Mimi?"
leopard:"???"
"Well," he negotiated, "let him go, and I'll give you a pork chop tomorrow."
The leopard tilted its head.
Fina was so scared that she was sweating profusely: "Jane, come here quickly!"
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Jian Jing whispered, and continued to try to summon, "People are not tasty, I'll give you half a fat pig."
The leopard stopped biting.
Jian Jing: "I swear, by this time tomorrow, I will be half a fat pig."
The leopard took a look and didn't know whether it understood the deal or felt that the three humans were difficult to deal with, but it certainly stopped biting Li Ji and slowly backed away.
Jian Jing followed and retreated slowly.
Both sides retreated to a certain distance at the same time, and the leopard "whoosh" into the bushes and disappeared completely.