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Chapter 69: Be Your Own Hero

Chapter 69: Chapter 69: Be Your Own Hero

Tang Qianqian felt everything that happened today was like a plot straight out of a movie.

She noticed something was wrong the moment the flying vehicle carrying the executives from Universe Company caught fire and fell straight to the ground.

After that, members of the terrorist organization found them and handed over the evidence of the company’s human trafficking...

And then came the present.

Just after their senior colleague entered the door, they were immediately handcuffed and blindfolded, then hustled onto a hover car, and after getting off the car, they were pushed by the shoulders into a small dark room.

The air was thick with the smell of blood, and when they regained their sight, they saw Liu and those two followers again.

A small dark room, an interrogator, and tools for torture laid out on a tray.

Liu’s face was a patchwork of blue and purple bruises, and blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, clearly already having been roughed up.

"First off, we met him for the first time today, and we don’t know him at all,"

Before the interrogator even spoke, Tang Qianqian took the initiative to explain the situation.

The current situation could only be described as the worst possible, with the trustworthy senior colleague’s whereabouts unknown, and the trio, including Jiuyue, all brought into the small dark room and made to sit side by side.

Yes, even classmate Yang Ping, who had never met Liu, was also captured.

Leather handcuffs bound their hands to the backs of their chairs, and just thinking about the tortures she had seen in movies made Tang Qianqian’s face fall.

Moreover, the ones who had captured them this time were not evil spirits, but Universe Company, and the charge they were likely to face was suspicion of terrorist activity, planning to assassinate company executives.

Either of these on its own was enough to be seriously bad news.

In such a dire situation... could they still trust their senior colleague?

Even Tang Qianqian, the number one supporter of Duan Mingyuan, couldn’t help but have doubts, considering the current circumstances, that they had all eaten dinner together, which meant that the senior colleague was also a suspect in the eyes of the company.

Seeing the interrogator bringing the three people into the small dark room, Liu suddenly curled his lips into a smile, smiling at them.

"What are you laughing at, you jerk!"

Tang Qianqian was furious; if it weren’t for this terrorist who had suddenly appeared, they should be sitting in the company’s luxurious lounge right now, enjoying free warm air, snacks, and a massage chair, rather than sitting on the cold bench in this terrifying little room.

Now she finally understood, Liu’s information was all bluff, and his real intention from the beginning was to drag them into trouble!

Because he wasn’t just an ordinary reporter from the newspaper, but a member of the Wangxu Organization. Once involved with Universe Company’s marked number one terrorist organization, even someone who just said a word to Liu on the street would be dragged into the small dark room.

"A wasted effort."

Liu spoke, both responding to Tang Qianqian and provoking the interrogators, "I told you, if you want to know about Wangxu, you might as well have Bai Kou come and interrogate me in person."

The expressionless interrogators didn’t respond to Liu’s provocation. After ensuring that Jiuyue and the others were firmly bound to their chairs, they pushed the door open and walked out, leaving the small, claustrophobic room and the unsettling atmosphere to those inside.

"This is a good thing."

Liu, despite being covered in blood, seemed to maintain an optimistic attitude, "They didn’t continue to torture me, which means Bai Kou is already on her way here."

Tang Qianqian snorted coldly, "I can’t find anything that could be considered good about this."

"At least before Bai Kou arrives, they won’t torture you."

"If you’re suicidal, you can end it yourself, why drag innocent bystanders into it?"

"There are no innocent people in this world, that includes you guys as well,"

Liu said, "If you had carefully looked at the things I sent you, you would know that the ’Seventh Energy Conference’ was the goal. Your very existence is a crime. From the moment you were born, you carry something they want from the company."

Tang Qianqian was momentarily speechless.

She had to admit she hadn’t looked closely and had just handed the phone directly to her senior colleague.

"Even without me, you would have been brought here sooner or later. Beyond this room, many people and monsters like you are being detained."

Tang Qianqian didn’t want to be dictated to by a terrorist and said, "Don’t be smug, our senior colleague will eventually rescue us."

"But he wasn’t sent here with you, which proves my judgment was right."

About the real purpose of the "Seventh Category Energy Conference."

Only decisions of considerable importance would make a member of the management like Bai Kou personally come to Yunlong City, the decisions made in the meeting would determine the future strategy of Universe Company on this planet.

"Why would Fu Ling call you unrelated people to the company during such an important meeting?"

"Of course, it’s to guard against you, a bunch of law-breakers."

"Ask yourselves, from the moment you stepped into the company building, did anyone consider you important external staff?"

This was his purpose for contacting the three of them, and the outcome proved that among the three, only one person was special, so special that even if suspected of being related to the Wangxu Organization, they were given a chance to defend themselves.

"The company needs someone to handle their affairs here, and your senior was the one they chose."

Liu looked at Tang Qianqian and suddenly laughed, "Your senior won’t come to save you anymore, joining the company to become one of the elite or being treated as terrorists together with the three of you isn’t a tough choice."

"No, my senior will definitely come to save us."

Tang Qianqian immediately retorted.

This must be the Monster from Wangxu spreading malicious lies to bewitch people.

Only this could somewhat lessen the unease in her heart, yet another evil thought in her mind kept pondering the choice Liu presented.

If she were in her senior’s shoes, what choice would she make when faced with the company’s threats and temptations?

"I was once like you, always hoping for a hero to come out of nowhere and save me when I was in a desperate situation."

Liu had no intention of mocking Tang Qianqian, on the contrary, he understood Tang Qianqian’s trust and admiration for her senior more than anyone else.

"But life is not like the movies, it will only replay all the terrible scenarios in front of you, and no hero will drop from the sky to save you."

Suddenly, Tang Qianqian saw a movement in Liu’s hands, and her pupils shrunk sharply.

"You—!"

Before she could finish her words, she saw him, as if by magic, free his arms from the restraints on the chair, and almost at the same time, a sharp and piercing alarm sounded above their heads.

The door to the small room was pushed open, with their backs to the entrance and the sound of firearms being loaded behind them.

But Liu’s actions were surprisingly fast, for him, the concept of time seemed to have slowed down. Before the sound of gunfire began, he picked up the interrogation tools from the tray and used them as projectiles against the guards who had come in response to the alarm.

The smell of blood in the room grew stronger, and Tang Qianqian felt something splatter onto her.

Something heavy fell to the ground.

"This place is Hell for third-class citizens like you."

For a moment, Tang Qianqian felt that Liu’s actions were like those of a protagonist in a movie, cornered into a desperate situation and captured by the enemy, who, taking advantage of the enemy’s carelessness, breaks free and is about to stage a dramatic escape from the enemy’s stronghold.

She didn’t understand what being a third-class citizen meant, but it was clearly describing them.

Liu, having killed the guard, slowly approached the three of them, "Become heroes or die, that’s the only choice you have."

Bai Kou was on her way.

Just like the climax of a movie, where the protagonist would kill the true behind-the-scenes mastermind.

But before that, he had to complete the final preparations.

Liu walked past the three, bent down to look at the guard lying on the ground, not yet completely unconscious, and twisted the handle of the torture instrument.

The guard convulsed a few times, his gaze gradually becoming vacant.

The blood that spilled out seemed to be endowed with life, spreading towards the door, forming a crimson carpet.

He took a deep breath; the smell of blood stimulated his nerves and brought an unprecedented clarity to his mind.

——"Barrier!"