Chapter 139
Chapter 139
An eerie voice said, “Sneaking around is what makes it exciting-bonus chapter!”
Zhang Bei listened carefully as the whole story was explained, his gaze lingering on Gu Yue’s face for a moment.
These two really did look alike!
“Gu Yue, arrange a Hot Air Balloon for us. Do me a favor!”
“Right away, boss!”
“Thank you, Boss Zhang!”
Gu Yue rolled her eyes at her own father, then quickly arranged a Hot Air Balloon.
Before long, a police car pulled up, and officers escorted a middle-aged man out.
“Director Gu, we’ve brought him.”
“Hand him over to me. Wait down below.”
Director Gu pressed one hand onto the man’s shoulder. “Ma Shuang, you know the consequences. Tell us where the last child is, and there may still be leniency.”
The man gave a cold laugh. “Don’t make me laugh. You and I both know I’m getting the death penalty in the end. What difference does it make whether I talk or not?”
Director Gu’s expression darkened. “Come on. Let’s help you relax.”
“A gentle approach? You really think that’ll work on me?”
Director Gu said nothing. He simply held Ma Shuang down with one hand and fastened his safety belt.
If the situation had not been urgent, no one would have been willing to use such a risky method.
According to the clues they had, the girl had congenital heart disease.
It had now been more than twelve hours since she had last taken her medicine.
If her condition flared up, her life would absolutely be in danger.
Under these circumstances, whether they could pry open this criminal’s mouth had become the key.
The two had just boarded the Hot Air Balloon when Professor Yao sat down beside them.
“The boss sent me. I’m in charge of needling him awake.”
That brief sentence instantly made Director Gu understand what he meant.
The Hot Air Balloon slowly rose into the air. Director Gu narrowed his eyes and picked up the rope from the floor.
Then he gave it a pull.
The cold sneer on Ma Shuang’s face froze instantly.
As he watched the ground draw closer and closer, his eyes went wide.
A force yanked him back into the chair.
Ma Shuang gasped for breath. “This is torture! I want a lawyer!”
Director Gu’s grim expression finally eased slightly. “This is equipment from the Amusement Park. Perfectly legal and compliant.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he tugged the rope in his hand again.
Before Ma Shuang could react, his vision once again turned into the rapidly enlarging ground.
He was a human trafficker, a desperado, but that did not mean he could repeatedly dance along the edge of death!
The repeated bungee drops made Ma Shuang’s heart pound violently.
“I’m telling you, this is useless!”
Hearing that furious roar, Director Gu instead smiled.
It was working!
He was already starting to feel fear!
As long as that fear took root, everything that came next would be simple.
For the next twenty minutes, Director Gu mechanically repeated one action: pulling the rope.
Of course, since this was Ma Shuang’s first time experiencing it, he passed out five times during the process.
But each time, it took only a dozen seconds before a silver needle jabbed him awake.
Pain?
Torture?
Ma Shuang had never felt that staying alive could be so difficult.
“I… I’ll talk. Don’t… don’t pull it anymore!”
Hearing those words, Director Gu slowed the motion of pulling the rope.
“Where is the little girl?”
“The last time I had contact was at Menzhou Village. The contact person was Ghost Head. That little girl is somewhere around there.”
Hearing this, Director Zhou had already pieced together the general picture.
Ghost Head was also someone they had been monitoring all along. Now that the situation had been confirmed, there was no need to keep playing with this beast.
Director Zhou swiftly took out his phone. “Menzhou Village. Confirm Ghost Head’s location and arrest him immediately!”
“Should we take him back to the police station, or bring him here?”
“Send her straight here. We’re short on time, so we can’t worry about all that!”
“Copy that!”
Professor Yao silently took out his walkie-talkie as well. “We’re done here. Send us back.”
“Okay!”
Gu Yue’s voice came through the walkie-talkie.
The Hot Air Balloon’s forward momentum suddenly stalled, then it began drifting back along the path it had come from.
Professor Yao looked at Ma Shuang beside him, and a strange idea rose in his mind.
As everyone knew, the more times someone played at an Amusement Park, the easier it was for them to develop antibodies.
According to the usual data, after riding the Roller Coaster five times, people rarely passed out from it anymore.
Then if someone fainted and was needled awake, would it produce the same effect?
Could this create Amusement Park antibody cells in the shortest amount of time?
In keeping with the principle that experimentation came first, Professor Yao silently picked up the rope from the floor.
With one tug, Ma Shuang’s limp body, which had not yet recovered, experienced high-altitude bungee jumping all over again.
“What-what are you doing?”
Professor Yao’s eyes were filled with apology. “This was an accident!”
The moment he finished speaking, the rope in his hand jerked again.
Two completely unexpected bungee jumps in a row sent Ma Shuang straight into unconsciousness.
Professor Yao frowned, pinched a silver needle between his fingers, and quickly stabbed two acupuncture points in succession.
No good. He still fainted after two times. Could it be that he hadn’t done it enough times?
Director Gu watched the scene before him and silently turned his head away.
It didn’t count as torture anyway. As long as the old gentleman was enjoying himself!
Ma Shuang, who knew absolutely nothing, was sold off to Professor Yao as a lab rat right there on the Hot Air Balloon.
After a full twenty minutes of experimentation, Professor Yao reached a conclusion.
Needling someone awake could not produce antibodies. It only worked if they woke up on their own.
Ma Shuang was carried off the Hot Air Balloon by Director Gu.
At the moment, he was still dizzy. His body kept twitching, and he was even talking in his sleep.
“I’m begging you. I’ll confess to everything. Just don’t let that old man needle me anymore. Please, I’m begging you!”
Professor Yao, having obtained a satisfactory answer, whistled as he walked toward the Giant Swing.
Director Gu had also received news. They had tracked down the little girl’s whereabouts. Everyone was happy!
Before anyone realized it, afternoon had arrived. Zhang Bei was still buried in front of his computer, compiling information.
A woman slowly walked into the amusement park.
A woman with a face as cold as frost. Her name was Ji Wei, and she was twenty-five years old.
Why introduce her separately?
That had to do with her profession: embalmer.
It was a profession with very few practitioners, one where you saw more dead people than living ones.
And while the job seemed as though it only required courage, in reality, it involved a whole series of techniques, including suturing, filling, and makeup.
This woman’s craft had been passed down through her family. Her adoptive mother had taught her bit by bit.
Later, after her adoptive mother passed away, Ji Wei inherited the craft.
But facing the dead year-round came with enormous pressure.
So when she learned there was an Amusement Park where she could relax, she drove straight over.
“Miss, are you here alone?”
Hearing the voice beside her ear, Ji Wei turned her head. “Are you trying to hit on me?”
Such a direct question left the man who had approached her frozen on the spot.
“My hand is right here. Do you dare hold it?”
“What’s there to be afraid of?”
Ji Wei looked at the man’s outstretched hand, the corners of her mouth curving into a smile.
“To date, these hands have handled one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three corpses.”
Hearing that, the man’s outstretched hand instantly stiffened in midair.
“Are you serious?”
“Just this morning, these hands handled two corpses.”