1037 The Shy Melody (2/2)
Early the next morning, Sheyan could hear the roar of the torrential rain outside the window.
The day dawned sombre and gloomy, and the visibility was low. It was probably morning already, but one could only see 7 to 8 meters in front of them relying on just the natural light. Beyond that was an endless expanse of whiteness. The water in the soil had obviously reached the saturation point, so it could not take in any more. Water pooled up everywhere as a result. A large amount of rainwater splashed onto the countless stagnant waters on the ground. A car would only pass by on the road outside every 10 minutes so, moving slowly with its dim fog lights lit.
Sheyan turned on the TV to watch the news. There was nothing much of interest. Most of the news were about floods in some places or a house collapsing somewhere. Such bad weather was the busiest time for firefighters and policemen.
Suddenly, the news anchor's tone changed.
”Last night, the Simpson family were brutally murdered in their home in Sixth Avenue, District 17. The Simpsons' neighbour claimed that his dog kept barking the whole night in the direction of the Simpson household, so he went to take a look in the morning, only to find that the whole Simpson family had been killed.”
”According to police investigation, the weapon used by the murderer was similar to a bayonet. Every member of the Simpson family was killed in one blow, including their youngest daughter who was in the cradle. They suspect that the murderer may be a retired veteran or a professional hired assassin. None of the Simpson family's wealth was missing, which led the police to suspect that the murders may be a hate crime. Police have reported that the murderer had allegedly surfed the Internet using the computer in the house after the murders....”
Mogensha was already knocking eagerly at Sheyan's door.
”Boss! There seems to be a clue!”
”Come in. You mean what's on the news?” asked Sheyan.
”That's right! There was no robbery, all the deaths were in one blow, the police can find no traces, and the murderer was so cruel that they even killed the baby. Such criminals are really rare. The culprit is most likely the T-1000!” replied Mogensha.
Sheyan nodded. ”If that's the case, then there's another piece of good news for us. This shows that there should be no more undercover Terminators hiding among the humans. If there were, the T-1000 should've gone directly to them to obtain information instead of looking on the Internet himself. After all, when the Terminators do things, they always try to achieve the highest efficiency.”
”As soon as we got back here last night, we've already released some bait with Dr. Dolittle's help,” Mogensha said eagerly, ”When do you think the T-1000 will take the bait?”
”I'm not sure either,” answered Sheyan, ”But we mustn't relax the surveillance around ”Ms. Adess' family”. Since the T-1000's action is based on efficiency, I think it'll take a certain amount of time to collect information first in order to plan for the optimised routes and actions.”
At that moment, Reef's voice transmitted over from the party communication channel.
”Boss, the people from Five Wheels are here.”
Sheyan contemplated something for a moment before he replied, ”Okay, I'll be there soon.”
Since they already have an agreement in place, the people of Five Wheels no longer hid themselves from Party Ace. Boji, Corina, Hill and the one who negotiated with them before this, Mr. Darkness, appeared one by one before them. Corina did not look too friendly; there was a bitter resentment in her eyes. But when she saw Zi, she immediately shrank back in fear behind her teammates like a mouse that had seen a cat.
Truthfully speaking, the agreement signed between Five Wheels and Party Ace was very lopsided, but absolute fairness did not exist in this world anyway. The Five Wheels were the party who were in a more urgent need of help, so there was nothing they could do about it. The market had always been dictated by the principle of supply and demand.
In fact, the Five Wheels should thank their lucky stars because if they had not met with Party Ace, the Awakener advancement missions of their two core members were almost destined to fail. Party Ace's appearance had prevented all their previous efforts from going to waste.
After meeting up with them, Sheyan was not in a hurry to get down to business. He first invited them to sit down and served them the famous pearl tea. Then, he simply said, ”I know what you came here for. You wish for us to help you finish the Awakener advancement missions as soon as possible. The stronger these two are, the more helpful they will be for our next move.”
Mr. Darkness nodded. ”My thoughts exactly.”
But Sheyan suddenly narrowed his eyes.
”We might have an agreement between us, but I'm sure you'll understand that we have to take some precautionary measure. How 'bout this? We'll help one of you complete your Awakener advancement mission first, then you guys will help me with my mission. After that's done, we'll do the last Awakener advancement mission. Here are six bottles of mixes I've prepared for you guys, free of charge. I'm sorry, but this is not a discussion; I'm merely informing you of my decision.”
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