Chapter 25 (1/2)

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t.i.tle: Disconnected

Late at night, the street was quiet and gloomy. Only a few weak street lights were still on. The hazy white lights were just a secluded fire, and gave off a cold light.

Jiu Jie followed closely behind, while Wu Yang was looking down at his phone and leading the way. The street twisted a few times before they stopped in front of an apartment building.

”It's here,” Wu Yang said.

”You know the specific unit number?” Jiu Jie asked.

”I do. Before coming here, I already asked for his address from headquarters.”

While saying so, the two of them took the elevator up and arrived at the thirteenth floor, unit number 2. Wu Yang knocked on the door. On such a silent night, while the hit wasn't very hard, the sound was especially distinct.

n.o.body answered, so Wu Yang knocked again, but there was still no answer.

”Is he not home?” Jiu Jie asked.

”Impossible,” Wu Yang said, ”his phone's GPS shows that he's inside, just behind this door.”

”Maybe he's out and left his phone at home?”

Wu Yang shook his head. ”Also not possible. Before coming here, headquarters would have informed him. In this period of time, his phone wouldn't leave his person.”

Jiu Jie's expression became very solemn as he said, ”That's troublesome. If he's awake, then he would've definitely heard us when we knocked…”

”If he's asleep, we would've been able to locate his dream just now,” Wu Yang finished.

The two of them glanced at each other before coming up with the same scenario. ”This informant may have met with some trouble.”

”There may be this possibility… When you were looking for his dream just now, he was awake, and when we arrived, he fell asleep?” Jiu Jie asked cautiously.

Wu Yang shook his head. ”No, that would be too coincidental.”

”Then, what do we do now?”

”We can only go inside to take a look around, then decide.”

”You have a key?” Jiu Jie asked

”No.”

”You have a multi-purpose keycard to the condominium,  but you didn't prepare and bring a skeleton key?”

”I do have a multi-purpose keycard but against this door, I'm afraid it won't work. Informants that have been dispatched to other places are always smart and capable people. How can they let their houses be so easy to break into?”

”Then, how do we get in?”

”Looks like we can only use my method.”

Jiu Jie mockingly questioned, ”Using your poet's* method?”

Wu Yang pretended he didn't hear the sarcasm and nodded, ”That's right, using the poet's method. Now, move aside.”

Jiu Jie took two steps back, curious on how Wu Yang would open the door using the poet's method. Wu Yang also backed up two steps and took a deep breath before charging forward, kicking at the door bolts. He put a lot of strength into his leg, so there was a loud bang, then the door bolts broke and the door flew open.

Jiu Jie was dumbfounded and dazedly asked, ”Didn't you say you were going to use the poet's method?”

”That's right. This is the poet's method.” Wu Yang said, very naturally.

”So, brute strength is the poet's method?”

”Who said a poet can't use strength? Who said that a poet has to be weak?” Wu Tang said earnestly. ”Poets also have steel bones, and are heroic on the battlefield. Just like w.a.n.g Wei, he had painstakingly abandoned hatred, isn't that a hot-blooded young man? A real poet, especially a male poet, has unyielding bravery in his bones. That is the poetic spirit I revere.”

Jiu Jie held a hand to his forehead and said, ”I give up Big bro, I give. Let's just quickly go in. Your kick just now probably woke up everyone on this level.”

The room was very dark, and the lights were off. The two of them felt their way into the apartment where the lights were off as well. Wu Yang used his phone as a flashlight, and carefully scanned the situation inside. This was only an ordinary single apartment. Right in front of it, the entrance hall was there, followed by the living room. To the side, there was the toilet and a kitchen, while the bedroom was located at the end of the living room.

The two of them did a sweep of the living room. but they didn't find anything suspicious, so they carefully made their way into the bedroom. The bedroom was not big and was  simply furnished. There was a closet, a desk, and a big bed in the middle. On the bed, there was a person, sleeping just like he was dead.

Jiu Jie and Wu Yang faced each other, both feeling a sense of dread. Wu Yang walked to the bedside and lightly pushed the person, while softly saying, ”Hey, wake up.”

The person didn't move and had no reaction. Wu Yang pushed harder, but the person still didn't react. Wu Yang put his hand under his nose and felt for a pulse and some breathing, before releasing a sigh.

”How is it?” Actually, Jiu Jie already knew the results in his heart before asking.

”Dead,” Wu Yang said dejectedly, ”We were too late. This informant has been done in.”

Saying so, he opened the suitcase that he brought along and pulled up two wires of electrical lead, then stuck them into the informant's temples.

”What are you doing?” Jiu Jie asked.

”To see if he has any information.” Wu Yang said as he worked.

”What does that mean?” Jiu Jie had never been in the field before, so he didn't have much understanding of the Watchmen methods and preparations.