Chapter 23 Chapter 22 Throwing a Stone to Test the Water

"Why are you wearing this outfit again?"

Zhuang Xuteng patted the work clothes of the employees on the assembly line of the Magic Crystal Factory and quickly thought of a response plan in these two seconds. "Today, the PCPD passed by here three times, in the same car, driving very slowly, and staring inside. So, they asked us to wear this outfit."

"Well, that's it." The man in black snorted, and the last bit of doubt in his heart was dispelled. He looked back at the convoy, staring at both ends of the road vigilantly, and then jumped on the last truck and followed in.

Zhuang Xuteng and Ge Gongdao pulled the gate again, using all their strength. The old iron gate with old arms and legs rarely showed the youthful enthusiasm. The iron wheels puffed and sparked on the track, and the original creaking sound was turned into a squeaking scream by the faster friction. Just when the gate was about to be completely closed, Zhuang Xuteng jumped out from inside, pulled Ge Gongdao outside, and ran away.

The two rushed out of the block in one breath and returned to the place where the map was hidden at the fastest speed. They were already sweating profusely. They took off their work clothes of long coats and long pants, changed into shirts and shorts, tore off their fake beards and eyebrows, and wiped their faces with wet towels. Zhuang Xuteng had brown shoe polish on his face, and Ge Gongdao used red shoe polish, which ruined the two towels.

"It was a close call! Fortunately, we didn't go down the well, otherwise we would have been stuck inside and couldn't get out."

"Indeed." Ge Gongdao nodded and said, "When we were at the door, fortunately you reacted quickly and successfully fooled us."

The two leaned against the wall to catch their breath for a while, then smiled at each other. Zhuang Xuteng asked: "Are all the commissions for mercenaries so exciting?"

"Almost. It's not necessarily the type of today, it may be this, or maybe that... Naike, how do you feel about today's excitement, can you hold on?"

"I can hold on, and..." Zhuang Xuteng licked his lips and said: "Brother Dao, to be honest, I like this kind of excitement! When the car horn sounded outside the door and the man in black suddenly asked me a question, my mind turned very fast, but my heart was very stable. I felt very excited, even a little suffocated by the excitement, but I still like that feeling. Brother Dao, am I sick?"

Ge Gongdao patted Zhuang Xuteng's shoulder and said: "This is not a disease, but it proves that you are very suitable to be a mercenary. A mercenary always needs skills , often need luck, occasionally need to meet the sucker, but to become the best mercenary, the only important thing is mentality. Only tenacious spirit can make you get ahead in this line of work! "

"Don't talk about such far things, first make money first." Zhuang Xuteng said: "Although we ran out, those people only need to check a little and then look at the sentry door, they will know that we broke in. They will definitely be vigilant and may even track us down. "

"There is this risk, and there is nothing we can do about it, but they have to find out what we look like first." Ge Gongdao pointed to the towel and fake beard and said: "Although this is not a very sophisticated disguise, it can already cause them some trouble. In addition, we didn't go down the well and didn't touch anything, so they can't find us at all. ”

“You mean, they will be shocked, and then think they are lucky, and stop pursuing it?”

“Indeed, I think so. Hehehe…” Ge Gongdao suddenly laughed, and he said: “Remember the broken door? When the group of black-clothed people saw the door, they must have thought: What kind of stupid thief is this, who can’t even remove the door!”

“Hahaha, that door is really a masterpiece of art. Except for the door lock, everything is destroyed. It really looks like something that only a stupid thief can do. Brother Dao, did you deliberately leave such clues after careful consideration? ”

“No, no, no, this is called inspiration, a technique that comes out unconsciously. Okay, okay, I can’t make it up anymore. In fact, I just guessed it…”

“It’s okay as long as it works, no matter if it’s a lucky accident or not. ”Zhuang Xu Teng laughed until he couldn't laugh anymore. He asked, "Brother Dao, do you know the identities of those men in black?"

"They must be the company's armed forces, but they don't wear any signs, so you can't tell which company they belong to."

"The Magic Crystal Factory belongs to the Scarlet Group."

"Indeed, the Scarlet Group is the most likely, but that's not necessarily the case. You see, they have some opinions about you wearing your original work clothes, and there is a hint of contempt in their tone. I think they may also belong to other companies. In fact, it's easy to check. Just look at who owns the Magic Crystal Factory now, and those men in black will work for whom."

"Yeah, that makes sense. Brother Dao, what are we going to do next? It will be dark soon. Do we still want to throw stones to test the water?"

"I don't want to be a stone anymore. It's too dangerous."

This is obvious. The Ghost Fire Gang in the abandoned factory has entered a state of alert, and a group of obviously more elite men in black have also entered the Magic Crystal Factory. At this time, they have no chance to be stones. At most, they are just raw eggs hitting stones.

"Your idea saved our lives. Fortunately, we arrived early, just when they were still slacking off." Zhuang Xuteng squatted down and thought. After a while, he asked, "Brother Dao, after understanding the actual situation, I feel more and more that there is something wrong with this commission."

"Indeed. Big or small, commissions often have problems. Those clients would like the mercenaries to die while completing the mission, so how much money would that save? Mercenaries often have to solve not the commissioned mission, but the problems implied in it. My experience is: don't do the mission literally."

Zhuang Xuteng nodded and said, "We are basically sure that this commission is to let us trigger the alarm so as to see the defense mechanism of the abandoned factory, right?"

"Hehe, I think so too."

"Do you remember what that Pinks said? Did he say that the Ghost Fire Gang should be alert and go all out for three consecutive days and not be lazy?"

"Indeed." Ge Gongdao rolled his eyes, tilted his mouth, and said with a faint smile: "Nake, if you have any good ideas, just say it directly!"

"Suppose two unlucky guys who don't know the truth rashly go to investigate and attract the attention of the Ghost Fire Gang. The abandoned factory is suddenly brightly lit, and the armed personnel are nervous. Search everywhere. At this time, where is the best viewing position? "

"Nake, Naike, I said you are very suitable for the mercenary business!" Ge Gongdao said: "We have already found out the situation in the abandoned factory, now it's time to find our client."

"The one hiding and observing the situation must be the client?"

"Indeed, you are right. It is possible that it is not the client, but another mercenary." Ge Gongdao snorted and said: "Nake, I will use my experience to determine where it is suitable to observe the overall situation. The rest depends on your eyes to find the lurking observer. "

Zhuang Xuteng nodded quickly, and the feeling of excitement appeared again.

"By the way, I haven't asked you what to do after you find that guy!"

"Brother Dao, I think the same as you, give him a beating!" Zhuang Xuteng said, "We definitely can't take risks in the factory again, and we have to make our map valuable, so we have to make that guy busy. Hey, does this count as beating up the supervisor?"

"It's really beating up the supervisor."

"I've always wanted to find a supervisor to do something with."

Ge Gongdao laughed and said, "Don't use the word 'do' carelessly, this word is full of ambiguity in jargon..."

The two of them laughed and rested for a while, and started to act when it was almost dark. They first burned the fake beard and eyebrows, threw the shoe polish into scattered trash cans, and hid the ladder and handbag separately. Afterwards, Ge Gongdao bought two bottles of beer from the store, each holding a bottle, pretending to be a worker who had a drink after get off work, chatting and laughing while walking along the road.

Knowing that there was a tight defense by the black-clothed man, who had shown his figure in front of them this afternoon, the two of them would definitely not approach the Magic Crystal Factory at this time. They walked on the streets in the outer circle, looking for a suitable place to observe the abandoned factory.

Ge Gongdao used his experience to screen roughly, and Zhuang Xuteng used his observation to select carefully. They quickly locked on a six-story office building in the east and thought it was the best location. On the one hand, it has a certain height, at least there is not much obstruction in the direction of observing the abandoned factory. In addition, there is an antenna tower on the office building, and its shadow can provide cover for people on the roof. At night, neon advertising signs will light up on the antenna tower. The red, blue, yellow and green lights will affect vision, which is another good news for people on the roof.

Zhuang Xuteng observed carefully and locked the man's exact location. He was hiding under an iron foot of the antenna tower. On the left was a distribution box, and on the right were some waste paper boxes. The paper boxes should have heavy objects such as stones and bricks to prevent them from being blown away by the wind. The observer was lying between the two, covered with a piece of canvas. There was glass reflection under the canvas, and Zhuang Xuteng guessed that it might be something like a telescope.

Okay, next it's time to throw a stone to ask for directions. Ge Gongdao was responsible for arranging the tasks, and Zhuang Xuteng assisted in the implementation. One of them made noise in the stairs, knocking the handrails of the stairs with a stick to make the effect of several people running fast. Another person was responsible for pretending to shout at the back of the building:

"Who are you! What are you going to do! No, no, no, I am Wu... Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

The sizzling sound of the electric baton, coupled with the painful screams, simulated the effect of innocent passers-by being implicated and cruel and dangerous elements approaching. The two people acted hard, and almost all the residents nearby were alarmed. Many opened the windows to look out, making the place even more panicked. At this moment, Zhuang Xuteng saw the man sliding away quickly from the roof through the grappling rope, and he knew that their plan worked.

The time window was limited, so they immediately rushed to the roof. Just between the distribution box and the paper box, the observer had disappeared, but his equipment was still there.

Hey, whose equipment are you talking about? His? Who is he? There are only Zhuang Xuteng and Ge Gongdao here, so it must be theirs!

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