"Is the battle over, Mr. Policeman?" the waitress asked.
"Yes, the battle is over. But you should know that I'm not a policeman." Zhang Heng paused and then asked, "Where is the goods?"
"What goods?" The waitress was confused when she heard Zhang Heng's question.
"The goods we traded tonight. Your three companions are dead, so the goods can only be with you," Zhang Heng said lightly.
The waitress's expression changed slightly when she heard Zhang Heng's words. She took a small step back, but she still forced herself to calm down. "I don't know what you mean, Mr. Policeman … I am a waitress at the Four Continents Hotel, and I have more than three companions."
"No, you are not a hotel waiter," Zhang Heng said. "I suspected you the first time I saw you. Although you have always shown a frightened and panicked look, the temperament you inadvertently exude is not like that of a waiter.
In addition, according to what you said, you met a guy wearing an exoskeleton in the corridor, but the other party ignored you after that. This is very strange in itself. If the death trap in Room 936 is to take effect, I can't let you live. "
"Maybe … because I am just a waitress that no one cares about, and I pose no threat to him, he softened his heart and let me go." The waitress's smile was a little forced.
"Impossible. These guys are Mr. G's fanatical believers. They are willing to sacrifice their lives for their ideals. Why would they care about the life and death of an insignificant person?" Zhang Heng said, "After that, I asked you to go to the linen room to get the stain remover."
"I gave you the stain remover." The waitress's eyes widened, looking very innocent.
"Yes, but you took too long," Zhang Heng said. "If you are really a hotel waitress, you must know where the stain remover is placed. Even if the smoke in the room hasn't dissipated, it won't take you so long."
The waitress was finally speechless this time.
Zhang Heng continued, "But at first, I didn't expect you to be one of the four people who escaped into the hotel. I thought you were the person Mr. G arranged to meet him at the hotel. It was not until I found out that the other three were not on the rooftop. Instead, they stayed on the twelfth floor and waited for their deaths. That's when I began to doubt your identity again."
The waitress did not speak, waiting for Zhang Heng to continue.
And the latter did not disappoint him. "Now I can probably restore what happened after you escaped into the hotel. At that time, your exoskeleton equipment was severely damaged. You should have thought of sacrificing yourself to buy time for your three companions. But then you dismissed the idea because you realized that even if you sacrificed yourself, you still couldn't change the fact that you were at the end of the road.
"However, when we were completely suppressed and had no way to escape, you or one of your companions actually came up with a dangerous move. Since the four of you can't escape from this hotel no matter what, you might as well die here together." Zhang Heng said, "Of course, you don't really want all of you to die here. Otherwise, no one will be able to deliver the goods. Instead, three of you will die, and one of you will fake your death to confuse the enemy. In the end, you will successfully bring the goods back to the first floor, and the delivery person will be you."
"Why me?" the waitress asked rhetorically.
"I don't know which of the four of you is stronger, braver, and more resourceful, but the reason why I chose you is simple. You are the only woman among the four, and it is possible for you to swap identities with the hotel waitress … Besides, your exoskeleton equipment has been severely damaged. You have enough reason to leave your companions and detonate the exoskeleton equipment. But in fact, the corpse in Room 936 is not yours. It belongs to the real waitress on this floor."
"You knocked her out or killed her, and then put your exoskeleton on her. After that, one of your companions who is proficient in machinery modified the detonation device so that the power core could be detonated remotely. You then changed into the clothes of the waitress you knocked out or killed. Finally, the identity swap was completed. As for the three people on the twelfth floor, they were the real sacrificial pawns. Whether it was the two who stayed in the room to fight the emergency response team or the one who climbed the window to escape, they did it to cover up the fact that you are still alive. But you are too naive."
"What do you mean?" The waitress frowned.
"I know what you want to do on the ninth floor. You want to take the initiative to tell the emergency response team about the situation in Room 936 when they come up, further clearing your name. You should be glad that the person you met was me. Although your plan is good, the specific details are far from perfect. If I can see it, 0 should be able to see it too. You will fall into the hands of the emergency response team immediately."
"So, should I thank you for saving me?" The waitress sneered, "I know who you are. You are one of the ten couriers, right? I heard that Miss F values you very much, but if she knew what you did tonight, she would probably be disappointed. If it weren't for you being afraid of death and using despicable means to divert the emergency response team's attention to someone else, our operation tonight wouldn't have been so difficult.
"I respect your personal choices and all the efforts you have made to change the situation. At the same time, I don't want to judge whether the path you chose is right or not. In fact, I'm not here to quarrel with you. Considering all the conflicts and misunderstandings between me and Mr. G, I just want to have a good chat with him."
"Well, you protect me. Let's go back together. You will get a chance to see Mr. G again."
"Sorry, I accepted the opportunity Mr. G gave me because of F, but as you can see, the result was not very good." Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows. "So, now it's time to change the way we communicate. It's my turn to give him a chance. Besides, you seem to have misunderstood something. I will go back to the first floor, but I don't plan to bring you with me."
The waitress's expression changed. "Then I have no reason to give you the goods."
"No, you will give me the goods," Zhang Heng said calmly. While the two of them were talking, the fire was getting bigger and bigger. It was almost spreading to the rooftop.
"You can't leave now. Give me the goods, and at least Mr. G will have a chance to negotiate with me. If you don't, the goods will be buried with you. Even if you call Mr. G now, he will definitely ask you to give me the goods."
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