I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 190 The Fish is Hooked

[I calculated that there is a 79.62% probability that Xu Zhe has discovered you]

[He is listening, he is listening to you, your ability cannot affect Xu Zhe's hearing]

[Leave immediately before he fully notices you]

【Take this road and follow this address】

【Go to this place】

Three messages popped up.

Immediately afterwards, these three messages, along with the more than a thousand messages that Yu Shi had sent to this empty number over the past ten years, all disappeared.

Only one map remained.

There is an extremely secret path marked on it, leading directly to...the underground garage of Unit 1, Building 7, Xingfu Garden Community.

I currently no longer have the ability to perform real-time navigation.

Now, go.

"Answer my question first."

Yu Shi wrote down all the information on the map, then closed his eyes, took a deep breath and spoke.

Half a second later, the map and the information just displayed disappeared.

[Yes, Lin Xing'an is still alive]

Taoyuan’s message popped up and then disappeared.

Although it only lasted for a second, Yu Shi felt a sore sensation on the tip of her nose.

"what……"

She raised her head.

After a full half minute, he let out a light breath, then silently put away his phone and stood up.

After observing Xu Zhe and Liu Xu calmly for a while, he cleaned up the garbage in the house and walked towards the back door with the garbage.

"Waiter! Bring me a pitcher of water, thank you."

Suddenly, before Yu Shi left, Xu Zhe's voice came.

"OK, wait!"

Yu Shi put down the trash and washed her hands.

She looked at herself in the mirror and adjusted her heartbeat.

"What exactly?"

Xu Zhe looked up at Liu Xu and continued to ask, with no expression on his face.

But Liu Xu could clearly feel that the air around him was stagnant for a moment.

"After all, Tian Ming was so confused at the time, it's hard to imagine that Tian Ming would actually do something like hiding it from you!"

Liu Xu sighed heavily.

But he actually understood Tian Ming too well...

Because the Taoyuan incident ended with the period drawn by Tian Ming and the report he wrote.

Under the high pressure back then, it was Tian Ming who said that he saw Taoyuan dead with his own eyes.

But everyone knew that Tian Ming didn't see it with his own eyes.

He was forced to say this by Xu Zhe...

After all, the gluttonous ghost with Class A abilities that Taoyuan commanded humans and animals to kill was Xu Zhe's master and Xu Zhe's closest person.

Xu Zhe, who had become the deputy minister of the siege department at a young age and held great power, completely lost his mind and went on a killing spree after learning the news.

A major purge was carried out against the Siege and Killing Division, which was at its peak at the time.

As long as it's related to Taoyuan, as long as a mobile phone or any other electronic device has been hacked, as long as the level is not as high as Xu Zhe, as long as there is no background...

Xu Zhe would accuse them of being "collusive" and brutally kill them.

In order to deal with Taoyuan, the people above also chose to condone Xu Zhe's behavior.

Tian Ming even witnessed with his own eyes that Xu Zhe killed nearly a hundred or a thousand people and even built a building.

Twelve years ago, it had only been seven years since the Taoyuan incident.

The committee had just established its own independent network, and Xu Zhe had just announced that Taoyuan's shadow had completely dissipated, when Tian Ming discovered that Taoyuan was still alive...

Although concealing it is also a bad idea.

But how could he dare to say it in that situation?
"...Tian Ming is truly brilliant for a lifetime but foolish for a moment. If he had chosen to tell you the truth, this would definitely not be his fate."

"Ha ha……"

Liu Xu's words made Xu Zhe sneer, with a cold light flashing in his eyes.

"In short, after the discovery of Taoyuan, the nature of the whole thing changed in Tian Ming's eyes."

"After confirming at the Gourmet Restaurant that the six-year-old human-beast was an Awakened being and possessed the ability to time, he immediately killed it that night."

"The glutton who was eaten in the restaurant must be the mother of the owner of this human-beast. She must have known about Taoyuan's affairs, so Tian Ming silenced everyone, including that man and even Liu Xiaole."

"I think the entire family of this six-year-old human and animal was wiped out, and now there is no trace. This must be Tian Ming's work."

Liu Xu took a deep breath and said.

Xu Zhe closed his eyes, a look of inexplicable annoyance appearing on his face.

"That Tian Mingming could clearly tell me that he had dealt with the Time Department's human and animal, and that he had hidden away in Taoyuan."

"Why didn't he even report this? Why did he even hide this? Why did he let himself end up in such a... fate worse than death?"

Xu Zhe murmured.

Seeing that he had his eyes closed, Liu Xu hesitated and didn't dare to say anything because he was not sure whether Xu Zhe was asking him a question.

"Liu Xu, if you encounter this situation, what would you do?"

"If twelve years later, when I ask you to investigate something, you discover that Taoyuan is still alive, what will you do?"

Xu Zhe suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Liu Xu and asked.

"...I will definitely report it to you truthfully as soon as possible! I..."

Liu Xu said sincerely!

Looking at his expression, he seemed to wish he could take out his heart and show it to Xu Zhe!

"Haha...this is the meaning of me killing Tian Ming."

Xu Zhe slapped the ring made by Tian Ming on the table and said quietly.

"...Boss, after Tian Ming discovered that Tao Yuan was still alive, although he concealed it from you, he was not on Tao Yuan's side."

"I think he wants to completely wipe out Taoyuan... on his own, and then just let this matter... go unmentioned."

"Because I found out that Tian Ming used his identity to come to South City for investigation many times after this mission."

"And I discovered this coffee shop by following Tian Ming's investigation."

Liu Xu opened his notes again and showed Xu Zhe the routes he had tracked of Tian Ming after he returned to South City several times.

"Wait a minute, Liu Xu, what is the conclusion of your investigation?"

"After your investigation, does this six-year-old human-beast have any connection to Lin Xing'an?"

Xu Zhe interrupted Liu Xu and asked.

"...Boss, after my two days of investigation, I feel that this six-year-old human beast... has nothing to do with Lin Xing'an."

"Because even though Tian Ming covered up a lot of the death line of this six-year-old human and animal, it is relatively clear."

"And Lin Xing'an's growth trajectory in South City... is also very clear."

Liu Xu took out another stack of information, but a look of confusion appeared on his face.

"...Boss, I easily found Lin Xing'an's adoptive parents' home based on his academic record at North City University."

"Then his adoptive parents gave me the phone number of Lin Xing'an's biological mother. When I called her... it was our minister..."

"The Minister told me... uh... Lin Xing'an's mother is very special, so we don't need to investigate..."

He scratched his head and said.

"Your hot water is a little hot."

Yu Shi carefully placed the hot water on the table and took two cups.

Then he cleared the plates left by the two people on the table.

"What else did the Minister say?"

Xu Zhe glanced at Yu Shi and asked again.

"..."

Liu Xu was silent for a moment.

"Boss, the minister also said that Lin Xing'an is really fine, but he knows you won't believe it, so he asked me not to tell you that I spoke with him on the phone, and to report to you truthfully what I found out."

"Except Lin Xing'an's mother." He said, rubbing his nose.

"understood."

Xu Zhe nodded, "Yu Yu..."

He sighed quietly.

At that time, Lin Xing'an woke up in the safe house. When Zhang Guang met Lin Xing'an for the first time and talked to Lin Xing'an, he tacitly allowed him to listen outside.

Naturally, he also heard about the identity of Lin Xing'an's mother.

Zhang Guang's friend, who possesses the Class A ability [Command], is currently unknown where he is. He is in North City, and there is no such person in their recorded information.

Judging from Zhang Guang's tone, he is most likely dead.

But Xu Zhe had inquired and found out that there was no news that the Class A ability [Command] had disappeared.

It is likely that it was hidden by Zhang Guang.

However, Xu Zhe did not tell Liu Xu the information he knew.

What if Liu Xu really finds out something in Nancheng?

At the same time, he wanted to test the degree of confidentiality of Yu Yu's identity in Zhang Guang's mind.

It’s really high.

"Anyway, Boss, this contains Lin Xing'an's entire life experience in South City from childhood to adulthood."

"He's just a very, very ordinary glutton. There's nothing unusual about him. Everything he does has a traceable origin."

"And that six-year-old human beast... is completely different."

"They just happen to be the same age."

As Liu Xu was talking, Xu Zhe was also flipping through the stack of information.

I live in Huayu Community in Dongyang District...

Donghe Kindergarten, Nanjing University Attached Primary School, Nanjing University Attached Middle School, No. 11 High School, Beicheng University...

I was underage when I went to North City University, and I hid my age to work part-time...

All life trajectories are clear and traceable, just as Liu Xu said.

Academic records, photos, and everything that can prove Lin Xing'an's life in Nancheng are all available.

"Lin Xing'an..."

After reading such detailed information, no matter how suspicious Xu Zhe was, he could not find any reason to doubt Lin Xing'an anymore.

He closed his eyes and rubbed his brows in thought.

After a long time, he let out a sigh.

"Boss, now..."

"What's going on in this coffee shop? You haven't told me yet."

Xu Zhe took a photo from the photo wall.

The photo shows a table with a cup of coffee and a small cake.

There was no one inside.

But in this composition, the person should be sitting on a stool.

That is to say, there was originally a human or animal in the photo, but this human or animal disappeared.

The entire photo wall is filled with such photos.

"Boss, I discovered this coffee shop when I was investigating what Tian Ming did when he secretly came to South City several times."

"This is a place where humans and animals often gather. The former owner of this coffee shop is also an awakened human-beast. He is in the same group as the people who came to North City."

"It's Teacher Orange, Liu Xiaole and the others."

Liu Xu also said while looking at the photos on the photo wall.

"Have you investigated Tian Ming's visit to South City?"

"Will Tian Ming's actions leave traces that you can discover?"

Xu Zhe asked suspiciously.

"I...uh..."

Liu Xu's face showed a hint of panic, and he stammered and avoided looking.

"...Boss, when Tian Ming was still alive... he asked me to investigate this place..."

"He was my master at the time, after all. I thought it was a test from him, so I didn't tell you..."

"What he said was quite vague, so I didn't take it seriously and didn't find anything out."

"And after he died, I had no chance to tell you..."

Liu Xu scratched his head and said.

"Oh."

Seeing him like this, Xu Zhe was speechless for a moment and raised his chin to signal him to continue.

"Boss, if Tian Ming hadn't told me about this coffee shop, I wouldn't have been able to find it based on my investigation in South City alone."

"But here... two years ago, the owner sold this coffee shop to that... confused guy."

He looked back behind the counter.

But I don’t know what that guy did.

"Normally, whether the store is rented or purchased, there has to be an owner."

"But just like Liu Xiaole, there's no information about the previous owner of this store."

"The contact information of the previous owner that that foolish person gave me has long been cancelled."

"What's even more bizarre is that other shopkeepers nearby have all seen the former owner, but their descriptions of him are completely different and vastly different."

"There are men, women, old and young. This should be some kind of transformation-like ability."

After Liu Xu finished speaking, a look of relief and fatigue appeared on his face.

This is the complete result of his investigation over the past two days.

For him, it was quite an effort to find out so much information in just two days despite hitting a wall repeatedly.

"Anyway, Boss, based on the results of my investigation, it seems that there is absolutely nothing wrong with Lin Xing'an."

"His biggest problem, his mother, was also personally vouched for by the minister."

"This six-year-old human-beast is indeed full of suspicious points."

"But no matter how suspicious he is... he's already dead... so..."

Liu Xu didn't say anything more.

Xu Zhe did not answer, but just closed his eyes and moved his ears slightly, as if he was sorting out the information Liu Xu had just said in his mind, or as if he was listening to something.

"Liu Xu, aren't you curious?"

"According to Tian Ming, including the results of your investigation, this six-year-old human-beast died twelve years ago and has completely disappeared."

"But all traces of him were erased two years ago."

"They were all erased after Taoyuan reappeared..."

Xu Zhe leaned back in his seat, rubbing the ring on his finger and muttering.

"All the gluttons who had seen this six-year-old human-animal glutton are either missing or dead, such as his owner, Liu Xiaole's owner."

"Everyone who has seen this six-year-old human-animal has 'disappeared,' such as Teacher Orange, Liu Xiaole, and most likely the former owner of this coffee shop."

"There are traces of him everywhere, but everywhere is a dead end. He is like an invisible and intangible ghost."

"Why do you think Taoyuan would do this for a dead person?"

He asked with his eyes closed.

Liu Xu's brows slowly furrowed, and then he covered his mouth, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

yes……

Why did Taoyuan cover up the traces of a dead person?

"Taoyuan, he..."

"Shh!"

Xu Zhe's hand, which was rubbing the ring, suddenly paused.

The ears also instantly became longer.

"The fish is hooked."

He closed his eyes, moved his ears, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)