I'm being held captive by a monster
Chapter 189 [An An is still alive, right? ]
Chapter 189 [An An is still alive, right? ]
"Boss, this coffee shop is where those people and animals used to gather."
“There’s something wrong with the owner of this store.”
"But it wasn't this boss, it wasn't him, it was the former boss."
Liu Xu pointed at the guy behind the bar who was holding a cat and watching a show on his phone and waved his hand.
"Talk about it."
Xu Zhe continued to look at the photo wall, his eyes scanning every photo on it.
"Boss, didn't I follow Liu Xiaole's lead?"
"After confirming that Liu Xiaole and Tian Mingben's six-year-old human-animal were in the same class, I began looking for Liu Xiaole's owner."
"I still firmly believe that her owner must have known the six-year-old human-beast, and the fact that they didn't report Liu Xiaole's awakening is itself very suspicious."
"I asked Jin Yunxiang's parents, and they also have..."
Liu Xu was speaking when Xu Zhe raised his hand to interrupt him.
"Stop, stop, stop. Is it really that difficult to find a gluttonous ghost when we know where the humans and animals are?"
"Isn't it in the system of my colleagues in the South City Coordination Department?"
he asked, sipping his coffee.
Once the owner raises humans and animals, he or she becomes strongly bound to them.
After the human-animal is hatched, it is mandatory to register the specific time of birth, gender and name of the human-animal.
After all, we have to strictly calculate the time when humans and animals turn seven and eighteen years old.
If humans or animals awaken and eat them prematurely or escape, they must be reported and registered.
In other words, in the coordination department's system, as long as you know the name of the person or animal and enter it, you will immediately be matched with the owner and various other information.
Similarly, entering the owner's name will also match the people and animals they raise.
"Boss, no, we don't have this. If we had it, we wouldn't have to go through so much trouble..."
Liu Xu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"...What do you mean? What do you mean by 'no'?"
"This Liu Xiaole's owner... not only didn't report Liu Xiaole's awakening, but they didn't even register Liu Xiaole's birth?"
Xu Zhe frowned.
"They...this..."
Liu Xu didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Boss...birth registration is definitely unavoidable. After all, when adopting people and animals, you must go to the Coordination Department, so I personally tend to think...the record has been deleted."
"The record was deleted?"
The biscuit in Xu Zhe's hand broke with a snap.
"The human and animal registration system is an internal system of the Coordination Department. In addition to this electronic system, they also record it in a book."
"Have you called your colleagues in the Coordination Department and asked them to manually check the records in the book?"
he asked again.
Liu Xu nodded again.
"Boss, I called them, but they didn't find anything. No, there was no human or animal named Liu Xiaole born eighteen years ago."
"My colleagues in the Coordination Department must have checked carefully, but they couldn't find it. There's no record in the book."
"I even matched them, but... there was no record."
Liu Xu showed Xu Zhe the call records on his phone.
Xu Zhe narrowed his eyes and fell silent.
His fingers kept tapping on the table.
"So you think there's something wrong with the Coordination Department's records?"
"Yes."
Liu Xu nodded.
Xu Zhe glanced at him.
"...Boss, but after thinking about it, I suddenly feel that there shouldn't be any problems with the Coordination Department. No matter what they do, they won't ruin their own jobs, right?"
Seeing Xu Zhe's eyes and expression, Liu Xu cleared his throat and spoke again.
"Eighteen years ago, we were still a family, and the committee was well-organized and thriving."
"So I suspect the problem lies with Liu Xiaole's owner."
He changed the subject very smoothly.
After working under Xu Zhe for so long, it would be impossible if he didn't have some ability to read people's expressions...
Xu Zhe's expression just now was just saying that there couldn't be any problem with the Coordination Department...
"Ha ha……"
After a long silence, Xu Zhe suddenly smiled.
"The Coordination Department...is this really okay?"
He seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes flickered.
"Suppose..."
A bold hypothesis suddenly came to Xu Zhe's mind.
What if... there is some collusion between the Coordination Department and Taoyuan...
After all... one of Taoyuan's main hosts is in the Coordination Department...
But assuming that there is something wrong with the Coordination Department and that it is really colluding with Taoyuan, why would Taoyuan let the Coordination Department eliminate Liu Xiaole's data?
This Liu Xiaole...
Do you have any secrets?
"Go on."
Xu Zhe let out a light breath. It was only now that he really became interested.
"Boss, after I realized there was definitely something fishy about Liu Xiaole's owner, I went back to the community and found Jin Yunxiang's parents."
"Jin Yunxiang's parents do know Liu Xiaole's parents. After all, the two children were classmates in kindergarten and live in the same residential complex."
"In her impression, Liu Xiaole's mother was a very warm-hearted person who was good at chatting."
"But so many years have passed, and she doesn't have the contact information for Liu Xiaole's parents."
"But she still provided an important clue."
Liu Xu turned to the next page of his notes.
There are only two words written on it: Gourmet.
"Gourmet..."
Xu Zhe clenched his fist quietly, and the ring on his finger made a slight sound.
Liu Xu's face also showed a hint of embarrassment...
Back when Xu Zhe and Jing Gui dated in South City, they always went to the Taoke Restaurant...
Because no one knows the current relationship between Xu Zhe and Jing Gui, generally speaking, everyone avoids this restaurant in front of Xu Zhe.
"keep going."
Xu Zhe raised his chin towards Liu Xu.
"Boss, Jin Yunxiang's mother recalled that Liu Xiaole's parents suddenly changed their attitude towards Liu Xiaole after returning from the Taoke Restaurant."
"It was all years ago, but because things had changed so much, it was like Liu Xiaole's mother had become a completely different person, so she was left with a very deep impression."
"In the past, Liu Xiaole's mother treated Liu Xiaole like... a sister. They had a very good relationship."
"But after returning from Taoke that day, he treated Liu Xiaole like... a prisoner, making her cry every day."
Liu Xu's words made Xu Zhe take a sip of coffee.
"Liu Xiaole must have awakened when he was at the Taoke Restaurant."
"But I encountered a human animal, took the blue pill, and temporarily became confused again."
He said calmly.
He had seen this kind of development too many times.
"Go on, did you go to the Taoke restaurant to check again?"
"I checked with the boss and found something big." Liu Xu ordered another cup of coffee and continued speaking.
"Because reservations are required for gourmet dining, I went straight to the reservation records at the restaurant, but unfortunately the restaurant's reservation records are kept in rounds."
"Save once per round, and destroy the old one at the start of a new round."
"So I couldn't find the reservation record from twelve years ago. After all, there was a gap in between, but the restaurant owner and chef were always there."
"When he heard that I wanted records from twelve years ago, he told me something that happened twelve years ago."
Seeing the young man bring the coffee, Liu Xu paused.
After the others left, he continued talking.
"Twelve years ago, on the night of May 18th, a week before my mother arrived in South City, Tian Ming had the chef prepare a gluttonous ghost. It was the first time the chef had prepared one."
"Oh?"
Xu Zhe was stunned for a moment, a look of surprise on his face.
This news is a bit unexpected.
"This Tian Ming is really... hehe..."
Xu Zhe rubbed the ring made by Tian Ming on his index finger, a sneer on his face, "Who is this person? Why kill him?"
"The chef said that Tian Ming used the ID card you gave him and brought the body of a recently deceased glutton to have them process it. The reason was that the glutton had violated the rules and killed one of its own kind."
"Violation? Killing one's own kind?"
This reason made Xu Zhe chuckle.
Indeed, the committee does have a rule that prohibits gluttonous ghosts from killing gluttonous ghosts and confused ghosts.
But rules are dead, but people are alive.
When ordinary ghosts kill gluttonous ghosts, they must trigger the maximum limit to demonstrate the majesty of the law.
The committee, as well as ghosts who are qualified to adopt humans and animals killing other gluttonous ghosts... there must be a reason for this, and we need to analyze each case specifically.
So this is the reason...
All we can say is that Tian Ming really wants this glutton to die.
"Boss, the chef saw that Tian Ming was from our committee, so he didn't say anything and didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just processed it according to the instructions, just like he would treat humans and animals."
"Does the chef still remember what this glutton looks like?"
"...The chef said that the glutton had a black cloth covering his head the entire time, and Tian Ming specifically told him not to look."
"Didn't he take a peek out of curiosity?"
"Uh... He said he's just a chef and wouldn't dare disobey orders."
Liu Xu scratched his head.
"In other words, we don't know who this gluttonous ghost is or what his identity is now?"
"I only know that she's a woman with a nice figure and should be very strong."
"That's it? What kind of a fucking discovery is this? And Tian Ming...why would he go to Taoke if he had nothing better to do?"
Xu Zhe raised his eyes and asked.
Liu Xu quickly took a sip of coffee and said, "Boss, the big discovery was made by the owner of the Taoke Restaurant."
"The shop owner said he remembered there was another man besides Tian Ming."
"He was particularly impressed because Tian Ming had revealed the committee's identity at the time, so he had to take it seriously."
"He still remembers how the man ordered his food. Because he ordered a lot of random trap dishes, he must have come to the gourmet restaurant to test people and animals."
"And this human-animal is a little boy in kindergarten."
Liu Xu turned to a new page in his notes, on which was a simple drawing that he felt was based on the restaurant owner's description.
"Fuck, can you even fucking draw? If you can't draw, then don't draw!"
When Xu Zhe saw this painting, who had been somewhat hopeful, suddenly showed a trace of pain on his face.
This is so fucking abstract, I can't even understand it!
"...Boss, the main thing is that the boss has long forgotten about it. There's nothing we can do about it. It was decades ago."
"However, I am almost certain that this child is the six-year-old human-beast mentioned in Tian Ming's notes."
"And the timing is just right."
Liu Xu quickly took the painting away so that it would no longer be an eyesore to Xu Zhe.
"Boss, we went to the hotel on May 18th, and Tian Ming returned with you on the 19th to report."
"So the child must have been exposed in the restaurant and eaten that same day. Then Tian Ming felt that everything was settled and came back to report to you."
"At the same time, I can almost confirm that this six-year-old child is the owner of the time-related ability you heard about at the time."
"The reason is that you heard the sound of your time ability being activated three times in a row on the afternoon of May 18th."
Liu Xu paused and observed Xu Zhe's expression.
Seeing that Xu Zhe just lowered his eyes, he breathed a sigh of relief and continued speaking.
"Normally, with a Grade A time ability, this human-beast's tolerance for error would be maximized, making it difficult to detect even in a place like Taoke."
"Unless he has used his ability so many times that he has no room for error."
"You heard those three sounds in South City this afternoon correctly. He was using his abilities, which led to exhaustion. He could no longer handle the domain of the Gourmet Restaurant, and then he died."
“You are so amazing!”
Liu Xu also did not forget to give Xu Zhe a thumbs up.
But Xu Zhe was tapping the table thoughtfully.
"What about that gluttonous ghost that Tian Ming killed under the pretext of violating regulations? I think this is the key."
"Also, have you found the owner of the six-year-old human-animal that followed Tian Ming to the restaurant?"
he asked with a frown.
Liu Xu nodded.
"I looked for it, but... I still couldn't find it. Just like Liu Xiaole's owner, he didn't even have a handle."
"So I suspect... Tian Ming hid their information."
Liu Xu cleared his throat and lowered his voice.
"Boss, this is what I think happened. Let me explain it to you from the beginning."
"First, the cause of the incident was a six-year-old genius beast who awakened the ability of time. This ability awakened the hidden Utopia."
"With the help of Taoyuan and Mr. Orange, this man-beast who originally wanted to leave the train station activated his ability multiple times, explosively killing his colleagues who had the ability to [Copy] at the train station."
"And you keep your eyes and ears open, so why not send Tian Ming to investigate?"
Liu Xu gave Xu Zhe a thumbs up again.
"According to Tian Ming's notes, when he arrived here, in addition to discovering this six-year-old human-animal, he also discovered... Taoyuan was still alive."
"This discovery made Tian Ming choose to hide it from you. After all..."
Liu Xu paused, looked at Xu Zhe, and shuddered in his heart.
And they didn't notice.
Just under the cat climbing frame in the corner of the cafe, the camera of a sweeping robot passed through numerous obstacles and was facing their table.
【An An is still alive, right? 】
[I heard it, I heard it all, they are investigating]
[Taoyuan, answer me]
Please
[An An is my only relative...]
Behind the counter, the guy in the apron was messaging on his cell phone to an unavailable number.
Then he stared at the screen blankly until it went dark, and then... turned off.
Although in everyone's eyes, he is a young man.
But what was reflected on the smooth surface of the phone was Yu Shi’s haggard face.
Her fingertips were trembling and her eyes were red.
And the next second, the black phone screen lit up.
A text message suddenly popped up on that empty number.
This was the first time in twelve years that Yu Shi had received a reply to the thousands of messages he had sent.
(End of this chapter)
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