After saying that, she glanced at Chen Xiao, who was panting, with a meaningful smile in her eyes.
"Wait, wait!" Chen Xiao leaned weakly against the wrecked car, panting, his eyes fixed on the woman: "Who are you? How did you know..."
The woman in red smiled and stepped into her black Buick. She started the engine, made a swift U-turn with a remarkably cool maneuver, and with a roar of the engine, the car shot off like an arrow…
"My name is 'Red Seven,' remember this name."
A voice drifted over from afar.
Chen Xiao stood there, stunned, a subtle turmoil stirring within him.
But at that very moment, a faint voice came from inside the car beneath them:
"Hey...help...there's still someone breathing inside..." The fat bandit who hadn't died could be heard weakly pleading, "Please...hey! You won't just leave him to die, will you...a robber...robbers have human rights too..."
The fat man cried...
Chapter Nine of the main text [Transcript]
In a secluded auto repair shop in the southern part of K City, a black Buick slowly drove onto the repair bench, and then the gate outside the repair shop slowly closed...
As Hong Qi got out of the car, a man wearing a hat and dirty work clothes stained with engine oil walked out of the repair shop office, holding a welding torch in his hand.
The man looked to be in his thirties or forties, his face covered in grease, making it difficult to discern his features. However, his eyes were surprisingly calm and gentle. Upon seeing Hong Qi from afar, he sighed and said with a wry smile, "I knew it. Every time you go on a mission, you wear out several of my cars! I originally expected you to come to see me in two or three days, but I didn't expect you to come so early this time."
Hong Qi smiled slightly, walked out, lit a cigarette for herself, and tossed one to the man. The man took the cigarette, sniffed it, and shook his head: "You know, I've quit."
"Hehe, Uncle Tian, you're so boring." Hong Qi blinked.
The man called Uncle Tian shook his head: "At my age, all I want is stability. Unlike you, who's young..." He walked to the car, opened the hood, and a blast of heat immediately escaped. He glanced inside and sighed: "Sigh...Are you really driving recklessly? This is just a temporarily modified car; do you think it's a real Lamborghini? What if you really crash? Do you think you're invincible?"
His tone carried a hint of reproach and concern.
"Don't even mention it." Hong Qi shook his head and gave a bitter laugh: "I had no choice... The person I was watching almost died, and it was all to save him."
"Stop making excuses, I know you too well—you go crazy the moment you touch the steering wheel."
Hong Qi didn't argue, but just smiled and asked, "How many hours will it take to fix?"
"A few hours?" Uncle Tian laughed. "Do you think I'm a god? Three days!"
Hong Qi thought for a moment and said, "Hmm... that's fine too. Anyway, I've met the target, and the higher-ups might order someone else to take over this matter. I can also rest for a few days."
"Is there anything special about the target this time?" Uncle Tian frowned. "I've lived in K City for so long, and I've never noticed anyone here that the organization would be interested in."
“That kid…” Hong Qi took a deep drag of his cigarette, then casually exhaled a large, round smoke ring. His eyes held a hint of reminiscence and contemplation as he chuckled softly, “I can’t say for sure. Uncle Tian… that kid looks no different from an ordinary person. The testing equipment doesn’t show any outstanding data… However, I suspect he might be one of our kind!”
"similar?"
Hong Qi remained silent, recalling what had just happened. When she unleashed her supernatural power against the robbers' car, the young man inside seemed to have an extremely keen premonition, as if he sensed some impending danger. In that instant, he even knew to fasten his seatbelt and tense up in a protective posture…
Is this reaction innate?
In the hospital, Chen Xiao lay on a bed in the emergency room. His injuries had been treated, and his head and body were wrapped in gauze and bandages. The wounds had also been disinfected, and the doctor had performed a number of physical examinations on him.
Fortunately, Chen Xiao was incredibly lucky. Despite the violent impact, he didn't break a single bone. He only suffered abrasions, and the intense shock caused multiple sprains. According to the doctor, he would likely be in pain for several days.
After everything was settled, Chen Xiao began to give a statement to the two police officers.
"I really don't know, officer." Chen Xiao sighed helplessly. He was lying on the bed with a thick bandage on his head, looking like a mummy, with an IV tube inserted into the back of his hand.
The two police officers in front of him exchanged glances, and one of them slowly said, "Mr. Chen, we know you were just a hostage taken by the criminals by accident, but there are many suspicious points left at the scene, and three of the four criminals are already dead. As one of the two survivors, we need you to provide as detailed a statement as possible..."
Chen Xiao had a headache.
During the statement taking, he did not tell the police the truth, especially about the mysterious woman called "Red Seven".
Are you kidding me?! Do you expect me to tell the police: "A woman with superhuman strength yelled at a car and sent it flying?"
If I said that, I'd probably be transferred from the surgery department to the neurology department at this hospital immediately...
Therefore, Chen Xiao's statement to the police was: he was knocked unconscious by the robbers in the car, and during the violent collision, he saw nothing and knew nothing.
The police are also extremely troubled by this case:
Based on the situation at the scene, and after investigation, the police estimated that for a seven-seater minivan to be overturned more than 20 meters, it would have to be a truck hitting it head-on at a speed of over 150 miles per hour.
However, there were clearly no signs that any trucks had ever driven there, and after conducting a ground survey, the traffic survey team found no traces of a traffic accident...
In other words, it's as if the bandits' van was simply thrown out of thin air...
This is unbelievable!
Traffic police also checked the street sensors in the surrounding area and found no heavy trucks passing through that section of road during that time period...
What's even more troublesome is that the only surviving fat bandit seems to have been stimulated by something, showing signs of going crazy and spouting inexplicable nonsense.
Seeing Chen Xiao's helpless expression, the police were at a loss—after all, he was a victim, an innocent citizen. Although they had some doubts about Chen Xiao's statement—it was suspicious in itself! Of everyone in the car, he was the least injured, and the marks left in the car at the scene clearly showed that this hostage was actually wearing a seatbelt… Uh, are hostages treated this well these days? Would those kidnappers really be so kind as to let hostages wear seatbelts?
"When can I be discharged from the hospital?" Chen Xiao asked anxiously. It was already dark outside, and she didn't know how her child was doing at home...
The police officers exchanged glances. They had already reviewed Chen Xiao's files and information, and knew about his background before coming to see him—he was practically a modern-day tragic figure. An eighteen-year-old with such a pitiful background and a consistently law-abiding record... made the police reluctant to pressure such a young man too much.
"What? Is there anyone else at home?" A policeman asked instinctively when he saw Chen Xiao's anxious look, but then regretted it: the records showed that he was an orphan.
"No, that's all." Chen Xiao immediately denied it—if the police found out about the existence of their child, that would be a huge problem!
Putting aside the issue of the blue-blooded people, Ya Ya was delivered naked, inside a refrigerator... How could she possibly have a passport or ID card on her?