Chapter 684: Subway Battle (1) |
Liu Xing had just walked out of his room when he received a call from Wesker.
"Captain, has something happened at the subway station again?" Liu Xing asked.
Wesker sighed and said with a bitter smile, "Yes, there's been another murder at the subway station today. This time, three people died, and they were all subway station staff. They were probably killed by those Ghouls while inspecting the subway lines last night, but we don't know why the subway station only reported it now. Although we don't need to go to the scene for investigation, we still need to be on standby at the police station, so Chris, you guys need to arrive on time."
It seemed like trouble had struck again.
After hanging up the phone, Liu Xing told Leon and Jill about the incident.
"Looks like Allen is going to be in trouble," Leon said with a hint of schadenfreude.
Jill shook her head, looking worried. "To be honest, I'd rather Allen stayed in his position as chief. I don't want to see more people die at the hands of the Ghouls. Even if Allen steps down, Chief House will take over, but it's not like they can handle the Ghouls easily. Who knows, Chief House might even resign again."
Liu Xing agreed with Jill's thoughts.
Although Allen's resignation would be good news for them, the mess he left behind wouldn't be easy to clean up. Just dealing with the Ghouls would be a challenge... Moreover, Liu Xing, who "knew the future," was aware of the heavy price London's police department would pay when they surrounded and captured the five Ghouls.
As soon as they entered the police station, they sensed that the atmosphere was off, to put it simply, it was very gloomy.
It seemed that the subway serial killings had put a lot of pressure on London's police department.
Back in their office, they saw Wesker looking worried.
"Captain, what's wrong? Has Allen already come to bother us?" Leon asked.
Wesker shook his head and sighed. "No, no, I'm just worried about my personal issues. I've been busy with cases lately, so I forgot that I promised my daughter to take her on an outing. Now she's not talking to me, and my wife is taking her side. I'm like a lone wolf at home, and yesterday I could only eat instant noodles... Ah."
Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, not expecting Wesker to be worried about this.
It seemed that this might be one of the reasons Wesker chose to quit the police force and become a detective after solving the subway serial killings, so he could spend more time with his family.
"Never mind, let's not talk about my personal issues. I just got the details of today's case from my friend. First, it's confirmed that the three subway staff members were killed by the Ghouls, and their bodies showed signs of being bitten. The most important thing is that one of the staff members was carrying a camera and was recording at the time, so the footage shows the two Ghouls, and they've completely transformed into Ghouls, losing all human characteristics."
"Moreover, the two Ghouls seem to have lost the ability to speak human language. When the three staff members encountered the Ghouls, they tried to beg for mercy, but the Ghouls just had a brief discussion in an unknown language. I think it's the Ghouls' language, given their intelligence is on par with humans. It's normal for Ghouls to have their own language and writing system. The question is, how did these two Ghouls learn the language?"
"If it's an innate ability, that's one thing, but if they were taught by other Ghouls, that's not good news. It means the five Ghouls have already found an organization, making it harder for us to deal with them. And it seems like they're planning to settle in the subway station, so I heard that the higher-ups have given Allen, or rather the entire police department, an ultimatum: if we can't completely eliminate the Ghouls within a week, the entire police department's leadership will be replaced." Wesker said seriously.
Liu Xing nodded, frowning. "It seems like these five Ghouls have become our biggest headache. If everything goes as planned, Allen should arrange for us to enter the subway to hunt down the Ghouls."
"That's right," Wesker nodded. "If everything goes as planned, we'll enter the subway station tonight to capture the Ghouls. The good news is that Allen hasn't become arrogant enough to think we can handle the Ghouls on our own, so he's already requested backup from the military, and we'll be equipped with submachine guns and better bulletproof vests."
Is it starting today?
Liu Xing looked at Wesker with some surprise. Was it because he had taken over "Chris" that the operation to capture the Ghouls was being accelerated?
However, this was good news for Liu Xing, as it would give him more time to prepare for the upcoming "Sacred Book" projection battle.
Just then, Chris walked into the office.
Wesker's eyebrows rose, and he said with a happy face, "Chris, you're back. Are you done with your tasks?"
Liu Xing looked at Chris, who was being hugged by Wesker, and knew that they would indeed be going to the subway station to capture the Ghouls tonight. According to future Alice's account, Chris's outstanding performance in the Ghouls' capture operation would lead to his promotion to the position of Manchester police department chief.
So Chris definitely wouldn't miss this operation.
However, when Liu Xing thought about it, he realized that Chris had indeed been "missing" for a long time. Since the night Miss Wang was attacked, Liu Xing hadn't seen Chris again, and he was about to forget that Chris was an NPC.
Chris chuckled and pushed Wesker away, saying, "Wesker, can't you change your habit of being too touchy-feely? Others might think we're a pair of good buddies. As for my side of things, I've already finished my business. I have to say, the police officers in the United States of America are really something - they're so arrogant, they almost think they're above the law."
Wesker looked at Liu Xing and the others, who were all confused, and laughed, saying, "Chris, uh, we still call him Da Ke here. Da Ke received a mission earlier to lead his team to assist the police in the United States of America with a cross-border smuggling case."
Chris nodded and continued, "This cross-border smuggling case is no joke. The smugglers are internationally known arms dealers who have smuggled a large quantity of weapons from the United States of America to South America. You know, the weapons sold in stores in the United States of America are all castrated versions, but after modification, they're much more useful than the broken guns in South America, so they're highly sought after by the big drug lords in South America. That's why the police officers in the United States of America decided to cooperate with our England police to solve this case, and since I have a connection with the smugglers, Chief House arranged for me to take charge of this matter."
"This time, the smugglers brought a large quantity of modified American firearms to Scotland and planned to transport them to England. Luckily, my informant provided timely intelligence, and we were able to ambush them at sea, where their weapon advantage was neutralized. However, what I didn't expect was that the buyer of these weapons was related to a group of fanatic believers in Deep One, and they explicitly requested that the weapons be delivered to Liverpool. So, we followed the trail and arrested those fanatic believers."
"Fortunately, the fanatic believers didn't have the support of Deep One, so we were able to catch them easily in Liverpool. However, those fanatic believers were all hard nuts to crack, refusing to say why they wanted to buy those weapons, and they even found an opportunity to commit collective suicide. So, this case became a cold case, and I directly led my team back to London. As a result, I didn't expect so many things to happen in these few days, and Allen that guy actually became our superior, which is really frustrating."
Liu Xing frowned, thinking to himself - you guys who believe in Cthulhu are really something, smuggling weapons from abroad and even getting caught by the police, this is really ridiculous.
However, Liu Xing suddenly thought of a possibility - a diversion tactic. These Cthulhu believers might be sacrificing a small group of people to attract the police's attention, making them focus on Liverpool, while they did something else elsewhere.
So, what were these Cthulhu believers doing?
Liu Xing couldn't think of it for the time being.
Just then, Sergei walked into the office.
"Important news, Allen has decided to organize us to enter the subway station to catch those Ghouls after the subway stops running tonight," Sergei announced loudly. "Fortunately, military support from the outside has arrived in London, and we only need to cooperate with them."
Liu Xing and the others exchanged glances.
Wesker stroked his chin and said, "It seems Allen is really anxious this time, and Da Ke's return is also timely. If we can be assigned to the same team, that would be great, because you're the first god of guns in our police station."
Chris chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Wesker, don't flatter me too much. My gun skills are only limited to handguns, and relying solely on handguns tonight won't be enough to deal with those Ghouls. Moreover, we probably won't be assigned to the same team, because each team tonight needs several special police officers to take the lead, otherwise, ordinary police officers would be too scared to face those Ghouls."
As soon as Chris finished speaking, a police officer walked into the office, saying, "Wesker team leader, Chris team leader, Commissioner Allen wants to see you in his office."
Speak of the devil.
Wesker and Chris didn't stay in Allen's office for long and soon returned to announce the details of tonight's operation.
Because there weren't many police officers in the London police station who were equipped with guns, Allen had to deploy armed police officers from several surrounding cities to London. To ensure that these police officers could use their submachine guns effectively in battle, Liu Xing and the others had to go to the shooting range for emergency training.
As for the military support, to avoid causing panic among the citizens of London, the military didn't send too many people, so each team tonight would consist of ten police officers and ten soldiers. As Chris had predicted, the special police officers from the London police station were assigned to each team, so Liu Xing and Jill were in one team, while Wesker was with Leon in another team.
However, it was good that the areas responsible for the two teams were adjacent, so if one team encountered Ghouls, the other team could provide support in a short time.
The daytime shooting training was not mentioned, but thanks to Chris's special abilities, Liu Xing's shooting score was very good today, so Liu Xing was temporarily promoted to deputy team leader of his team, since the team leader was from the military.
This was good news for Liu Xing, as he finally didn't have to be a small soldier anymore.
At midnight.
Because the London police station had notified the London subway in advance, all subway stations in London were now completely empty.
Liu Xing put on his bulletproof vest and took a deep breath.
Liu Xing was very clear that tonight was a hurdle he had to overcome, as he would definitely face those Ghouls head-on. After all, the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall wouldn't let him just watch from the sidelines.
Moreover, the most important thing was that Liu Xing didn't have much confidence in his teammates, who were all just NPCs. If the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall wanted to plot against him, giving him a Plot Encounter, his teammates might not be able to handle those Ghouls, and he couldn't count on them to take out one or two Ghouls quickly.
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